AUTOMOTIVE · WOLFSBURG, LOWER SAXONY, GERMANY

Volkswagen Group layoffs

50,000

Employees laid off

As the company stated them.

1

Layoffs

Since 2026.

Sep 3, 2026

Most recent

About 50,000 employees.

Employees laid off by year

020k40k60k80k 2026: 50,000 employees 2026
Chart data
PeriodEmployees
202650,000

Layoffs at Volkswagen Group

About 50,000 employees · 8% of the workforce

Volkswagen's supervisory board approved a Future Plan 2030 that adds about 50,000 job cuts to earlier reductions; four German plants have no follow-on models once current ones end in 2031-2034.

Where
Global; four German plants (Emden, Hanover, Neckarsulm, Zwickau) lack follow-on production

How we count

Each layoff is an announcement a company made or confirmed, with at least one source. Employee totals add the numbers as stated: “about”, “at least” and “up to” figures count as given, and layoffs without a number count toward companies and layoffs only. Headquarters filters use where a company is based, not where the cuts happen.

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