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 340 of 729
| Organisation | Visa routes |
|---|---|
| John McAslan & Partners Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| John Pawson Limited | Skilled Worker |
| John Puttick Associates Limited | Skilled Worker |
| John Rigby and Co | Skilled Worker |
| John Robertson Architects | Skilled Worker |
| John Simpson Architects | Skilled Worker |
| John Spary Associates | Skilled Worker |
| John Street Capital Limited | Skilled Worker |
| John Thompson & Partners (JTP) LLP | Skilled Worker |
| John Wilson Chemist | Skilled Worker |
| Johnsen Inc Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Johnson Elborne UK Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Johnson Matthey Davy Technologies Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Johnson Matthey Plc | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Johnson Naylor LLP | Skilled Worker |
| Johnson Pinney Architects Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Johnson Ribolla | Skilled Worker |
| Join Odin Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Join Ploy Ltd t/a Ploy | Skilled Worker |
| Joint London Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Joint View Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Joint and Spine Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Joker Charlie Club 1636 Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Jolene Farmer Studio Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Jolens Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Jollof City Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Jolly Good Food and Wine | Skilled Worker |
| Jolt Global Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Jomuna Enterprises Ltd T/A Nilsa Supermarket | Skilled Worker |
| Jonathan Clark Architects Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Jonathan Elliott Wealth Management Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Jonathan Lu Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Jones Crumpets Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Jones Day | Skilled Worker |
| Jones Engineering Group Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Jones Knowles Ritchie Ltd | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Jones Lang LaSalle Limited | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Jones Lang LaSalle Services LTD | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Jones The Butcher Trading Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| JonesTrading International Limited | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Joonbyrd Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Jordan Design Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Jordan International Bank | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Jordan Waste Management Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Jordan Xavier LTD | Skilled Worker |
| Jordan and Associates Ltd t/a Therapy4kids | Skilled Worker |
| Jorge Welsh Works of Art Ltd. | Skilled Worker |
| Jori White PR | Skilled Worker |
| Joseph Hage Aaronson & Bremen LLP | Skilled Worker |
| Joseph Henry Howard 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.