According to “Fakt”, the restructuring process has begun at the Ikea Industry factory in Goleniów, specializing in the production of solid wood furniture. Out of a staff of approximately 580 people, 160 employees will probably leave. Group layoffs were reported to the District Labor Office in Goleniów (West Pomeranian Voivodeship). In an interview with “Fakt”, PUP director Urszula Witkowska noted that the office is conducting “talks with companies interested in taking over former Ikea employees.”
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Companies are shutting down production in furniture factories
However, Ikea is not the only furniture company currently reducing employment. Another industry giant is Black Red White, a company that has decided to discontinue production at its plant in Zamość. Production is gradually being moved to plants in Biłgoraj and Mielec, and by the end of June over 160 jobs will cease to exist.
More and more furniture factories announce the closure of their operations. Among them, there are those that have been operating for many years, e.g. the approximately 70-year-old company Zorka, which produced furniture for Ikea. The company has to face the loss of its job over 230 employees. Some of them were given notice of dismissal already in January. By the end of April, the Steinpol furniture plant in Wołów (Lower Silesian Voivodeship) is to be closed for economic reasons.
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As reported recently by Next.gazeta.pl, in almost two years, from 2024 to the first half of 2025, employment in the Polish furniture industry decreased by over 22,000. people and dropped to approximately 145 thousand. employees. This is undoubtedly due to the decline in orders and, at the same time, the increase in the industry's debt. Data from the BIG InfoMonitor Debtor Register and the BIK database as at the end of January 2026 show that the outstanding liabilities of furniture manufacturers already amount to almost PLN 381 million. This means an increase of 13.4%. in just one year.
