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 469 of 729
| Organisation | Visa routes |
|---|---|
| Offbeat Fashion Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Offer Plus Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Office Holdings Limited | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| Office Of Rail and Road | Skilled Worker |
| Office of Agent-General for Victoria | Skilled Worker; International Agreement |
| Office of Design, Architecture & Consultant Engineers Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Office of Gas and Electricity Markets | Skilled Worker |
| Office of the Agent General | International Agreement; Skilled Worker |
| Office of the Free State of Bavaria in the United Kingdom | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| Officeology Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Official Watches Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Officine Inernational Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Offroad Games Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Ofsted | Skilled Worker |
| Ogababa Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Oghma Partners LLP | Skilled Worker |
| Ogier Global (UK) Limited | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Ogilvy & Mathers Group (Holdings) Limited | Skilled Worker; Creative Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| Ogletree Deakins LLP | Skilled Worker |
| Ogma Therapy Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Ognisko Restaurant Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Ogury Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Oh Goodlord Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Ohalo Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Ohlogy Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Ohme Operations UK Limited | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| Oho Group Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Ohpen Services UK Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Oil Brokerage Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Oil Change UK | Skilled Worker |
| Oil and Gas Authority | Skilled Worker |
| Oilfield Insurance Agencies Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Oilfield Production Consultants (OPC) Limited | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| Oister Creative LTD | Skilled Worker |
| Ojocaliente Ltd | International Sportsperson |
| Oka Restaurant | Skilled Worker |
| Oka Restaurant Notting Hill Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Okamura Corporation, London Branch | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Okapi Partners Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Okay Health Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Okta UK Ltd | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| Oktra Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Olam Europe Limited | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Olam UK Business Solutions Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Olaniwun Ajayi (UK) LLP | Skilled Worker |
| Olapic UK Limited | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| Olaplex UK Limited | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Olatunde Ashaolu & Co (UK) Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Olayan Europe Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Old Burlington Spirit 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.