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Detroit layoffs, tracked in full.

Detroit has seen 4K job cuts across 17 tracked rounds since January 2020 — roughly 0.4% of all layoffs in our global dataset. The last 12 months alone saw 2K layoffs.

Last updated
City snapshot
4K
people laid off since Jan 2020
Companies tracked
8
active + historical
Rounds
17
total events
Top industry
Automotive / EV
66% of cuts
Global city rank
#30
by total headcount
Total since 2020
All time
4K
Across 17 roundsRank #30
Last 12 months
Recent
2K
↑ 68% YoY
Companies tracked
Breadth
8
across 3 industriesAutomotive / EV leads
Global city rank
vs cities
#30
0.4% of global totalof 200 cities
By industry · Detroit· Since 2020

Which industries cut deepest.

Automotive / EV
6 ROUNDS
66% of Detroit cuts
900
PEOPLE
Marketplace
3 ROUNDS
22%
300
PEOPLE
Mobility
3 ROUNDS
12%
168
PEOPLE
Top companies · Detroit

Where the cuts landed.

Top companies
#01
General Motors
2 ROUNDS
2,300
#02
Rivian
AUTOMOTIVE / EV · 6 ROUNDS
900
#03
StockX
MARKETPLACE · 3 ROUNDS
300
#04
Our Next Energy
MOBILITY · 2 ROUNDS
168
#05
Collage.com
E-COMMERCE · 1 ROUNDS
—
#06
Lordstown Motors
MOBILITY · 1 ROUNDS
—
#07
Rocket Companies
PROPTECH · 1 ROUNDS
—
Recent events · Detroit· Latest

The latest Detroit layoffs.

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Severity
Event
Location · When
Headcount
Source
High
GM
General Motors
GM lays off over 1,000 workers at Detroit plant
Detroit ·
1,000
yahoo.com ↗
High
GM
General Motors
GM installs robots at flagship EV factory after laying off 1,300 workers
Detroit ·
1,300
arstechnica.com ↗
Low
RC
Rocket Companies
Rocket Companies Layoffs — 2025-07-18
Detroit ·
—
housingwire.com ↗
Low
R
Rivian
Rivian Layoffs — 2024-04-17
Detroit ·
—
reuters.com ↗
High
ON
Our Next Energy
Our Next Energy Layoffs — 2024-03-04
Detroit ·
40
bloomberg.com ↗
High
R
Rivian
Rivian Layoffs — 2024-02-21
Detroit ·
—
techcrunch.com ↗
Low
R
Rivian
Rivian Layoffs — 2023-12-07
Detroit ·
20
theinformation.com ↗
Severe
ON
Our Next Energy
Our Next Energy Layoffs — 2023-11-27
Detroit ·
128
reuters.com ↗
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