Manufacturing ranks fifth in Singapore retrenchment rate

The sector’s Q4 rate was close to the study average.

Manufacturing recorded the fifth-highest retrenchment rate amongst Singapore industries in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to a study by Briefcase Index.

The study put the sector’s retrenchment rate at 0.116%, placing it behind information and communications, financial and insurance services, wholesale and retail trade, and professional services.

It ranked ahead of transportation and storage, real estate services, administrative and support services, accommodation and food services, and construction.

Briefcase Index said the average retrenchment rate across the industries in its ranking was 0.115%, leaving manufacturing broadly in line with that level rather than standing out as a major outlier.

Information and communications topped the ranking at 0.270%, followed by financial and insurance services at 0.222%, wholesale and retail trade at 0.173%, and professional services at 0.144%. Transportation and storage followed manufacturing at 0.068%.