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Melbourne layoffs, tracked in full.

Melbourne has seen 1K job cuts across 23 tracked rounds since January 2020 — roughly 0.1% of all layoffs in our global dataset. The last 12 months alone saw 260 layoffs.

Last updated
City snapshot
1K
people laid off since Jan 2020
Companies tracked
17
active + historical
Rounds
23
total events
Top industry
MarTech
27% of cuts
Global city rank
#61
by total headcount
Total since 2020
All time
1K
Across 23 roundsRank #61
Last 12 months
Recent
260
↓ 70% YoY
Companies tracked
Breadth
17
across 8 industriesMarTech leads
Global city rank
vs cities
#61
0.1% of global totalof 199 cities
By industry · Melbourne· Since 2020

Which industries cut deepest.

MarTech
2 ROUNDS
27% of Melbourne cuts
300
PEOPLE
HR Tech
3 ROUNDS
17%
186
PEOPLE
Marketplace
4 ROUNDS
15%
170
PEOPLE
Food Delivery
1 ROUNDS
11%
120
PEOPLE
Consumer Apps
2 ROUNDS
10%
110
PEOPLE
Fintech
2 ROUNDS
7%
83
PEOPLE
Crypto
2 ROUNDS
7%
80
PEOPLE
Food & Beverage
5 ROUNDS
6%
70
PEOPLE
Top companies · Melbourne

Where the cuts landed.

Top companies
#01
Envato
MARTECH · 2 ROUNDS
300
#02
Culture Amp
HR TECH · 3 ROUNDS
186
#03
Deliveroo Australia
FOOD DELIVERY · 1 ROUNDS
120
#04
Linktree
CONSUMER APPS · 2 ROUNDS
110
#05
Catch.com.au
MARKETPLACE · 1 ROUNDS
100
#06
Openpay
FINTECH · 1 ROUNDS
83
#07
Redbubble
MARKETPLACE · 2 ROUNDS
70
Recent events · Melbourne· Latest

The latest Melbourne layoffs.

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Severity
Event
Location · When
Headcount
Source
Severe
E
Envato
Envato Layoffs — 2026-03-04
Melbourne ·
200
startupdaily.net ↗
Moderate
CA
Culture Amp
Culture Amp Layoffs — 2025-11-18
Melbourne ·
60
capitalbrief.com ↗
Severe
W
WhyHive
WhyHive Layoffs — 2025-04-02
Melbourne ·
—
startupdaily.net ↗
Low
B
Bardee
Bardee Layoffs — 2023-08-03
Melbourne ·
30
businessnewsaustralia.com ↗
Severe
L
Linktree
Linktree Layoffs — 2023-06-06
Melbourne ·
60
startupdaily.net ↗
High
R
Redbubble
Redbubble Layoffs — 2023-05-10
Melbourne ·
70
afr.com ↗
Severe
P
Providoor
Providoor Layoffs — 2023-04-28
Melbourne ·
—
afr.com ↗
High
I
Iress
Iress Layoffs — 2023-04-20
Melbourne ·
—
com.au ↗
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