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 143 of 729
| Organisation | Visa routes |
|---|---|
| China International Capital Corporation (UK) Limited | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| China Investment Corporation London Representative Office | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Global Business Mobility: UK Expansion Worker |
| China Life Investment Management Company Limited U.K. Representative Office | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| China Merchants Securities (UK) Limited | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| China Mobile International (UK) Limited | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| China National Publications Import & Export Corporation London Office | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| China National Tourist Office | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| China Re Underwriting Agency Limited | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| China Taiping Insurance (UK) Co Ltd | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| China Tang London Limited | Skilled Worker |
| China Telecom (Europe) Ltd. | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| China Travel Service & Information Centre Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| China UK Gateway Limited | Skilled Worker |
| China Unicom (Europe) Operations Limited | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| China-Britain Business Council | Skilled Worker |
| China-Europe Networks of Technology and Innovation Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Chinacache Networks (UK) Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Chinar Services Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Chinar Trading & Contracting UK Ltd | Global Business Mobility: UK Expansion Worker |
| Chinatown Bakery Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Chinese British Enterprise Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Chinese Business Gazette UK Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Chinese Church in London | Religious Worker; Tier 2 Ministers of Religion |
| Chinese Medicine Research Centre of UK Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Chini Restaurant | Skilled Worker |
| Chinmaya Mission UK | Religious Worker; Tier 2 Ministers of Religion |
| Chinti and Parker Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Chiomenti LLP | Skilled Worker |
| Chip Financial Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Chipotle Mexican Grill UK Limited | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Chipstone (UK) Technologies Ltd | Global Business Mobility: UK Expansion Worker |
| Chisenhale Gallery Limited | Creative Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Chisl Ltd | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Chislehurst Care Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Chiswick Auctions Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Chiswick School | Skilled Worker |
| Chivas Brothers International Limited | Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Chivas Brothers Ltd | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Chloe Jewellery Design Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Chloe Nelkin Consulting Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Chocolate Films Ltd | Skilled Worker; Creative Worker |
| Choices Upton Lane Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Chongqing (UK) Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Choosing Keeping Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Chop Chop London Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Chopard (GreatBritain) Ltd. | Skilled Worker |
| Chopstix Express Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Chopstix Restaurant Ltd | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee; 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.