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London layoffs, tracked in full.

London has seen 20K job cuts across 50 tracked rounds since January 2020 — roughly 2.4% of all layoffs in our global dataset. The last 12 months alone saw 1K layoffs.

Last updated
City snapshot
20K
people laid off since Jan 2020
Companies tracked
26
active + historical
Rounds
50
total events
Top industry
Quick Commerce
33% of cuts
Global city rank
#7
by total headcount
Total since 2020
All time
20K
Across 50 roundsRank #7
Last 12 months
Recent
1K
↓ 93% YoY
Companies tracked
Breadth
26
across 8 industriesQuick Commerce leads
Global city rank
vs cities
#7
2.4% of global totalof 137 cities
By industry · London· Since 2020

Which industries cut deepest.

Quick Commerce
3 ROUNDS
33% of London cuts
5,800
PEOPLE
Food Delivery
4 ROUNDS
15%
2,604
PEOPLE
Fintech
12 ROUNDS
13%
2,240
PEOPLE
Grocery
2 ROUNDS
11%
2,000
PEOPLE
E-commerce
1 ROUNDS
11%
2,000
PEOPLE
Auto Marketplace
3 ROUNDS
9%
1,500
PEOPLE
Automotive / EV
5 ROUNDS
5%
800
PEOPLE
Crypto
3 ROUNDS
3%
590
PEOPLE
Top companies · London

Where the cuts landed.

Top companies
#01
Getir
QUICK COMMERCE · 3 ROUNDS
5,800
#02
Ocado
GROCERY · 2 ROUNDS
2,000
#03
Farfetch
E-COMMERCE · 1 ROUNDS
2,000
#04
Just Eat
FOOD DELIVERY · 1 ROUNDS
1,700
#05
Cazoo
AUTO MARKETPLACE · 3 ROUNDS
1,500
#06
FNZ
FINTECH · 1 ROUNDS
1,000
#07
Deliveroo
FOOD DELIVERY · 3 ROUNDS
904
Recent events · London· Latest

The latest London layoffs.

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Severity
Event
Location · When
Headcount
Source
Low
G
GoCardless
GoCardless Layoffs — 2026-04-14
London ·
90
cityam.com ↗
Low
M
Monzo
Monzo Layoffs — 2026-03-31
London ·
50
bloomberg.com ↗
High
O
Ocado
Ocado Layoffs — 2026-02-26
London ·
1,000
theguardian.com ↗
Low
D
Deliveroo
Deliveroo Layoffs — 2026-02-25
London ·
187
investing.com ↗
Low
T
TikTok
TikTok Layoffs — 2025-08-22
London ·
—
wsj.com ↗
Severe
A
Arrival
Arrival Layoffs — 2025-03-10
London ·
—
sifted.eu ↗
High
Z
Zepz
Zepz Layoffs — 2025-02-12
London ·
200
cnbc.com ↗
Low
H
Hopin
Hopin Layoffs — 2024-05-07
London ·
—
notion.site ↗
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