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 38 of 729
| Organisation | Visa routes |
|---|---|
| Affinity (Shipping) LLP | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Affinity Fire Engineering (UK) Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Affinity Health at Work | Skilled Worker |
| Affinity Laboratories Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Affinius Capital UK Ltd | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Affle (UK) Ltd. | Skilled Worker |
| Afghan Islamic and Culture Centre | Religious Worker; Tier 2 Ministers of Religion |
| Afin Bank Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Afiniti Europe Technologies Limited | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Aflak General Maintenance and Decoration LTD | Skilled Worker |
| Aflorithmic Labs, Ltd. | Skilled Worker |
| Africa Matters Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Africa Platforms Capital LLP | Skilled Worker |
| Africa Risk Compliance Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Africa Specialty Risks Limited | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| African Parks UK | Skilled Worker |
| African Peoples Historical Monument Foundation (Black Cultural Archives) Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Africell UK Ltd | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Afrikana Mile End | Skilled Worker |
| Afrikana Uxbridge | Skilled Worker |
| Afro Beauty Centre Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Afro Caribbean Beauty | Skilled Worker |
| Afro Foods Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Afro-Asian Insurance Services Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Afsana Foods (UK) Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Afsana London Limited T/A Al Hikma | Skilled Worker |
| Afterskills Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Afzal Khokhar Property Company | Skilled Worker |
| AgDevCo Limited | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| AgFe Management Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Aga Khan Foundation (United Kingdom) | Skilled Worker |
| Agate Properties Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Agave Capital Management Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Age UK | Skilled Worker |
| Age UK Kensington & Chelsea | Skilled Worker |
| Age UK Lambeth | Charity Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Agence France-Presse | Skilled Worker |
| Agency 41 Ltd | Creative Worker |
| Agency Delta Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Agency Inc Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Agency Unknown | Skilled Worker |
| Agenda 21 Architects Studio Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Agendi Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Agent Paid Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Agentis Capital Advisors UK Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Agents For Accounting Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Agents' Mutual Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Agile Cyber Solutions Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Agile London Limited | Skilled Worker |
| AgileRL Ltd | 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.