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Industry · 37 companies tracked

Hardware layoffs, tracked globally.

The Hardware industry has cut 12,024 jobs across 6 tracked rounds since January 2020. The last 12 months alone saw 12,024 layoffs, up 188% from the prior year.

Last updated
Industry snapshot
12K
people laid off since Jan 2020
Companies tracked
37
active + historical
Rounds
6
total events
Biggest cut
23,650
Dell
Most active
US
441% of cuts
Total since 2020
All time
12K
Across 6 rounds#4 industry
Last 12 months
Recent
12K
↑ 188% YoY
Active companies
Tracked
37
With 1+ round
Global rank
vs industries
#4
of 64 industries4% of all cuts
All companies · ranked by total layoffs

Every Hardware company we track.

Rank
Company
Rounds
Total cut
#01
DE
Dell
AUSTIN · US
5
23,650
#02
HP
HP
SF BAY AREA · US
3
8,100
#03
SE
Seagate
SF BAY AREA · US
2
3,480
#04
XE
Xerox
NORWALK · US
1
3,000
#05
HE
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
SF BAY AREA · US
2
2,552
#06
LA
Lam Research
SF BAY AREA · US
1
1,300
#07
MA
Magic Leap
MIAMI · US
2
1,075
#08
SA
Samsung
4
909
#09
BL
Black Shark
SHENZHEN · CN
1
900
#10
IR
iRobot
BOSTON · US
4
680
#11
SO
Sonos
SANTA BARBARA · US
6
604
#12
WE
Western Digital
SF BAY AREA · US
3
522
#13
GO
GoPro
SF BAY AREA · US
4
484
#14
JU
Juniper Networks
SF BAY AREA · US
1
440
#15
LO
Logitech
GENEVA · CH
1
300
#16
SI
SiFive
SF BAY AREA · US
1
130
#17
LE
Lenovo
RALEIGH · US
3
100
#18
SO
Solidigm
SACRAMENTO · US
1
98
#19
TE
Tenstorrent
TORONTO · CA
1
80
#20
HU
Huawei
TEL AVIV · IL
2
50
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Geography · where hardware layoffs happened

Top countries and cities.

Top countries
#01
United States
35 COMPANIES · 74 ROUNDS
53,058
#02
China
4 COMPANIES · 4 ROUNDS
900
#03
Switzerland
1 COMPANY · 1 ROUNDS
300
#04
Israel
5 COMPANIES · 5 ROUNDS
260
#05
Canada
1 COMPANY · 1 ROUNDS
80
Top cities
#01
Austin
2 COMPANIES · US
23,650
#02
SF Bay Area
19 COMPANIES · US
18,386
#03
New York City
4 COMPANIES · US
4,931
#04
Norwalk
1 COMPANY · US
3,000
#05
Miami
1 COMPANY · US
1,075
Companies in Hardware

Most impacted companies.

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D
US
Dell
Austin
23,650
Total cuts tracked
Rounds5
Latest2026-03
H
US
HP
SF Bay Area
8,100
Total cuts tracked
Rounds3
Latest2025-11
S
US
Seagate
SF Bay Area
3,480
Total cuts tracked
Rounds2
Latest2023-03
X
US
Xerox
Norwalk
3,000
Total cuts tracked
Rounds1
Latest2024-01
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