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United Arab Emirates
Mobility hub

Dubai layoffs, tracked in full.

Dubai has seen 1K job cuts across 3 tracked rounds since January 2020 — roughly 0.1% of all layoffs in our global dataset. The last 12 months alone saw 0 layoffs.

Last updated
City snapshot
1K
people laid off since Jan 2020
Companies tracked
3
active + historical
Rounds
3
total events
Top industry
Mobility
91% of cuts
Global city rank
#60
by total headcount
Total since 2020
All time
1K
Across 3 roundsRank #60
Last 12 months
Recent
0
↓ 100% YoY
Companies tracked
Breadth
3
across 2 industriesMobility leads
Global city rank
vs cities
#60
0.1% of global totalof 137 cities
By industry · Dubai· Since 2020

Which industries cut deepest.

Mobility
2 ROUNDS
91% of Dubai cuts
936
PEOPLE
Food & Beverage
1 ROUNDS
9%
93
PEOPLE
Top companies · Dubai

Where the cuts landed.

Top companies
#01
Careem
MOBILITY · 1 ROUNDS
536
#02
SWVL
MOBILITY · 1 ROUNDS
400
#03
Kitopi
FOOD & BEVERAGE · 1 ROUNDS
93
Recent events · Dubai· Latest

The latest Dubai layoffs.

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Severity
Event
Location · When
Headcount
Source
High
K
Kitopi
Kitopi Layoffs — 2022-11-21
Dubai ·
93
arabianbusiness.com ↗
Severe
S
SWVL
SWVL Layoffs — 2022-05-30
Dubai ·
400
techcrunch.com ↗
Severe
C
Careem
Careem Layoffs — 2020-05-04
Dubai ·
536
thenational.ae ↗
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