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 239 of 729
| Organisation | Visa routes |
|---|---|
| First Choice Fruit & Vegetable Market | Skilled Worker |
| First Choice Transportation Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| First Commercial Bank Limited | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| First Contact Property Services Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| First Developments Limited T/A The Grapevine | Skilled Worker |
| First Hydrogen Limited | Skilled Worker |
| First Lane Education UK Consultancy Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| First Marketing Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| First Mile LTD | Skilled Worker |
| First Model Management London LTD | Creative Worker |
| First Place Consulting Limited | Skilled Worker |
| First Protocol Event Management Limited | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| First Quantum Minerals (UK) Limited | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| First Rail Holdings Limited | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| First Reliant Services Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| First Renderers Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| First Rung Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| First Sentier Investors (UK) Services Limited | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| First Sentinel Corporate Finance Limited | Skilled Worker |
| First Step Daycare & Nursery LTD | Skilled Worker |
| First Step Property Services Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| First Steps Care Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| First Trust Global Portfolios Ltd. | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| First Tutors HM Limited | Skilled Worker |
| First Tutors UK | Skilled Worker |
| First Underwriting Limited | Skilled Worker |
| First Years Childcare Limited t/a Banana Moon | Skilled Worker |
| First-String Homes Limited | Skilled Worker |
| FirstBank UK Limited | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| FirstMind Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| FirstRand Bank Ltd (London Branch) | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee; Skilled Worker |
| FirstVet UK Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Firstco Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Firstsource Solutions UK Limited | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Firstup UK Limited | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| Fish House Restaurant | Skilled Worker |
| Fish White Ltd T/A White Fish | Skilled Worker |
| Fisher Investments Europe Limited | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| Fishes Royale Limited t/a Lilibets | Skilled Worker |
| Fishfinger Media Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Fiskens | Skilled Worker |
| Fission Care Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Fit Out (UK) | Skilled Worker |
| FitXR Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Fitch Ratings Limited | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Fitflop Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Fitness HQ Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Fitou Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Fitter feet for Life | Skilled Worker |
| Fitz Partners 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.