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 142 of 729
| Organisation | Visa routes |
|---|---|
| Cheyne News Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Cheyne SVC LLP | Skilled Worker |
| Chic London Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Chic Thai Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Chichidishes Services (UK) Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Chick Chicken London Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Chick-fil-A (UK) Limited | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Chicken Junction Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Chicken and Grill Leyton Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Chickpizz LTD | Skilled Worker |
| Chicos Flame Grilled Chicken Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Chicos Peri Peri Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Chief Catering Limited | Skilled Worker |
| ChikChak Construction Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Chikara Investments LLP | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Chikn Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Child & Child Law Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Child & Child Solicitors | Skilled Worker |
| Child Connect Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Children Ahead Ltd. | Skilled Worker |
| Children Assisted in a Real Environment Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Children Change Colombia Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Children of the Mangrove | Skilled Worker |
| Children's Health and Medical Practice Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Childrens Day Care Company Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Chile Copper Limited | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Chill Catering Ltd / The Lokanta | Skilled Worker |
| ChilliBean Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Chillisauce Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Chiltern Street Hotel Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Chilton Investment Company Limited | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| Chime Communications Limited | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| Chin Chin Choo limited t/a Cho Asia | Skilled Worker |
| China Airlines Ltd | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| China Association for International Exchange of Personnel | International Agreement |
| China Aviation Fuel (Europe) Limited | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| China CITIC Bank Corporation Limited | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| China Classification Society | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| China Connect Partners Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| China Construction Bank Corporation London Branch | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| China Construction UK Limited | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Representative Office in the UK | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| China Daily UK Co. Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| China Design Centre Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| China Development Bank London Representative Office | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| China Global Television Network Europe Ltd. | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| China Harbour Engineering Company (UK) Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| China Holidays Ltd | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; 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.