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 243 of 729
| Organisation | Visa routes |
|---|---|
| Foody Life Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Foos Care Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Football Association Limited | International Sportsperson; Skilled Worker |
| Football Radar | Skilled Worker |
| FootballCo Media Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Footprint Brighton Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Footprint Sports & Entertainment Limited | Skilled Worker |
| For Posterity Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| ForInvest Technologies Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Fora Space Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Forada Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Forage UK Operations Limited | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee; Skilled Worker |
| Foragers AI Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Foran Construction Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Forcast Limited | Creative Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Force Maintenance Team Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Forcechem Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Fordgate Management Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Forecast Technologies limited | Skilled Worker |
| Forefront Associates Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Foreign Credential Services Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Foreman Roberts Consulting Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Foremost 4 Media Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Foremost Care UK Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Forensic Alpha | Skilled Worker |
| Forensic Investigations and Taxation Services LTD | Skilled Worker |
| Forensic Risk Alliance Limited | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| Forenzix Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Foreplai Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Foreseer Capital Research Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Foresight Data Machines Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Foresight Factory International Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Foresight Group LLP | Skilled Worker |
| Foresight Group Services Company Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Foresight.Works Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Forest & Ray Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Forest Corporate LTD | Skilled Worker |
| Forest Dispensing Chemists | Skilled Worker |
| Forest Gate Travel Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Forest Grill Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Forest Nuts Ltd T/A Food and Forest | Skilled Worker |
| Forest Residential Care Homes Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Forest School, Essex | Skilled Worker |
| Foresthill Food & Wine | Skilled Worker |
| Forever 8 UK Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Forfar Chelsea Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Forfar Education Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Forge Europe UK Ltd. | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| Forge Global Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Forge Software Inc 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.