UK licensed visa sponsors
Companies that sponsor visas in London
London has more licensed visa sponsors than anywhere else in the UK: 36,418 organisations, 28.6% of the register. 96% of them can sponsor Skilled Worker visas, the main route for job offers.
Licensed sponsors
36,418
Register of 2026-10-07
Skilled Worker
35,082
licensed for the main job-offer route
Rank in the UK
#1
28.6% of all licensed sponsors
- Other routes covered here include Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (5,632) and Creative Worker (769).
- At least 20 of them are also large US H-1B sponsors, including Amazon.com Services, Google, Apple.
Which visas they can sponsor
Licensed sponsors per visa route (an organisation can hold several).
- Skilled Worker35,082
- Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker5,632
- Creative Worker769
- Tier 2 Ministers of Religion395
- Charity Worker313
- Religious Worker291
- Global Business Mobility: UK Expansion Worker283
- Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee258
- International Agreement115
- International Sportsperson82
- Government Authorised Exchange76
- Scale-up45
- Global Business Mobility: Service Supplier6
- Tier 2 General3
- Intra-company Routes1
- Intra Company Transfers (ICT)1
- Global Business Mobility: Secondment Worker1
Global employers with a licence in London
Licensed here and matched by name with large US H-1B sponsors — companies that hire internationally on both sides of the Atlantic.
| Company | US H-1B applications |
|---|---|
| Amazon.com Services | 16,790 |
| 8,387 | |
| Apple | 7,129 |
| Ernst & Young | 6,883 |
| Infosys | 6,453 |
| Tata Consultancy Services | 4,204 |
| Wipro | 2,306 |
| Capgemini America | 2,281 |
| Accenture | 2,067 |
| Salesforce | 2,027 |
| Mphasis | 1,553 |
| PayPal | 1,409 |
| Goldman Sachs | 1,258 |
| 1,195 | |
| Adobe | 1,176 |
| Oracle America | 1,043 |
| Morgan Stanley Services Group | 807 |
| Boston Consulting Group | 764 |
| Intuit | 722 |
| Infinite Computer Solutions | 691 |
All licensed sponsors in London
Search by company name. A licence means the organisation may sponsor — not that every job is open to visa candidates.
36,418 organisations · page 107 of 729
| Organisation | Visa routes |
|---|---|
| Brightway Global Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Brigit's Afternoon Tea | Skilled Worker |
| Briink Intelligence UK Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Brillio Technologies Private Limited | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Brindisa Tapas Kitchens Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Bringg UK Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Bringo Group Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Brink Technology Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Brinkworth Design Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Brio Real Estate (UK) Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Bristol Global Mobility Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Bristows Services Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Brit Group Services Limited | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| Brit Shopfitters Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Brit Solicitors Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Britannia Bud Company Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Britannia Cloud Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Britannia Education Trust | Skilled Worker |
| Britannia Financial Group Limited | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Britannia Global Investments Limited | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Britannia School of Academics Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Britbox International Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Britestone Enterprises Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| British Academy | Skilled Worker |
| British Academy Of Songwriters, Composers and Authors | Skilled Worker |
| British Academy of Jewellery Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| British American Tobacco Plc | Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee; Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| British Arab Commercial Bank Limited | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| British Asian Trust | Skilled Worker; Charity Worker |
| British Association for Performing Arts Medicine | Skilled Worker |
| British Association for the Advancement of Science | Skilled Worker |
| British Association of Dermatologists | Skilled Worker |
| British Beer and Pub Association | Skilled Worker |
| British Board of Film Classification | Skilled Worker |
| British Council | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker; Government Authorised Exchange |
| British Council (Language Assistants) | Government Authorised Exchange |
| British Deaf Association | Skilled Worker |
| British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery | Skilled Worker |
| British Fashion Council | Skilled Worker |
| British Fencing | International Sportsperson; Skilled Worker |
| British Heart Foundation | Skilled Worker |
| British Home and Hospital for the incurables | Skilled Worker |
| British Interactive Media Association | Skilled Worker |
| British International Investment plc | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee; Skilled Worker |
| British Library | Skilled Worker; Charity Worker |
| British Olympic Association | Skilled Worker |
| British Olympic Foundation | Charity Worker |
| British Psychotherapy Foundation | Skilled Worker |
| British Red Cross | Charity Worker; Skilled Worker |
| British Retail Consortium | Skilled Worker |
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Visa sponsors in London: common questions
- Which companies sponsor visas in London?
- 36,418 organisations with an address in London are on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Register of 2026-10-07). Search the full list on this page by name. Global employers among them include Amazon.com Services, Google, Apple, Ernst & Young.
- How many companies in London can sponsor a Skilled Worker visa?
- 35,082 of the 36,418 licensed sponsors in London are licensed for the Skilled Worker route.
- Does a sponsor licence mean the company will sponsor me?
- A licence means the company is allowed to sponsor, not that every job is open to visa candidates. The role must also meet the route's skill and salary rules. Check the job post or ask the recruiter.
- How up to date is this list?
- It comes from the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Register of 2026-10-07), which is updated on most working days. We refresh it every month.