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 207 of 729
| Organisation | Visa routes |
|---|---|
| Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the U.K | Skilled Worker |
| Economics for the Environment Consultancy Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Econova Consultancy Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Econsultancy Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Ecoonline UK Ltd | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Ecosecurities Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Ecospend Technologies Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Ecotex London Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Ecovia Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Ecovis Wingrave Yeats LLP | Skilled Worker |
| EdAid Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| EdLogica Ltd. | Skilled Worker |
| Eddy Traders Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Eden Capital Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Eden Court Care Home | Skilled Worker |
| Eden Fine Art London Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Eden Group Operations Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Eden Management services Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Eden Primary | Skilled Worker |
| Edenred Capital Partners Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Edgar, Dunn & Company | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Edge Commodities Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Edge Corporate Services | Skilled Worker |
| Edge Global Media Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Edge Health | Skilled Worker |
| Edge Services (2014) Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Edge of Arabia | Creative Worker |
| Edgefolio UK Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Edgewater Markets Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Edgewater Operations GBR Ltd | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Edgware Motors Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Edgware Road Supermarket Limited t/a Edgware Road Supermarket and Off Licence | Skilled Worker |
| Edhi International Foundation UK | Skilled Worker |
| Edinburgh Primary School | Skilled Worker |
| Edit Suits Pte Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Editec Marketing Consulting Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Edmans Legal Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Edmond de Rothschild (UK) Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Edmond de Rothschild REIM (UK) Limited | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| Edmonds Marshall McMahon Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Edo London Ltd t/a Oita | Skilled Worker |
| Edtech Games Development Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Edu Express Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| EduHorizon International Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Educate! UK | Skilled Worker |
| Education Careers Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Education Endowment Foundation | Skilled Worker |
| Education Policy Institute | Skilled Worker |
| Edukators London Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Edutrain360 Limited | 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.