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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.

CompanyUS H-1B applications
Amazon.com Services16,790
Google8,387
Apple7,129
Ernst & Young6,883
Infosys6,453
Tata Consultancy Services4,204
Wipro2,306
Capgemini America2,281
Accenture2,067
Salesforce2,027
Mphasis1,553
PayPal1,409
Goldman Sachs1,258
LinkedIn1,195
Adobe1,176
Oracle America1,043
Morgan Stanley Services Group807
Boston Consulting Group764
Intuit722
Infinite Computer Solutions691

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 473 of 729

OrganisationVisa routes
Open Destinations LimitedGlobal Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker
Open Heart Care LtdSkilled Worker
Open House London LimitedSkilled Worker
Open Hydro LtdSkilled Worker
Open Influence UK LimitedSkilled Worker
Open Network Systems LimitedSkilled Worker
Open Ocean UK LLPSkilled Worker
Open Society Foundation LondonGlobal Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker
Open Source Centre LimitedSkilled Worker
Open Technology Services UK LimitedSkilled Worker
Open Utility LtdSkilled Worker
Open Volume Studio LtdSkilled Worker
OpenAI UK LtdGlobal Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker
OpenBet LimitedSkilled Worker
OpenCorporates LtdSkilled Worker
OpenDialog AI LimitedSkilled Worker
OpenESG Platform LtdSkilled Worker
OpenGamma LimitedSkilled Worker
OpenPayd Holdings LtdSkilled Worker
OpenSignal LimitedSkilled Worker
OpenSymmetry Consulting LimitedGlobal Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker
OpenTable International LimitedSkilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker
OpenX LimitedGlobal Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker
Openpay UK LtdSkilled Worker
Opensee LimitedSkilled Worker
Openweather LTDSkilled Worker
Opera Gallery Group LimitedSkilled Worker
Opera Holland ParkCreative Worker
Opera RaraCreative Worker
Operations.Finance LimitedSkilled Worker
Operexx LtdSkilled Worker
Opes Financial Partners LtdSkilled Worker
Opet International LtdSkilled Worker
Ophelos LtdSkilled Worker
Opia LimitedGlobal Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker
Opinium Research LLPSkilled Worker
Opinr UK Software LimitedSkilled Worker
Oplog UK LimitedGlobal Business Mobility: UK Expansion Worker; Skilled Worker
Oplyse Holdings LimitedSkilled Worker
Oppenheimer Europe LtdSkilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker
Oppenheimer Generations Services UK LimitedSkilled Worker
Oppida Estates LtdSkilled Worker
Oppizi UK LimitedSkilled Worker
Oppo Brothers LtdSkilled Worker
Opportunity GreenSkilled Worker
Opsmatix Systems LtdSkilled Worker
OpsmorphSkilled Worker
Optal Financial LimitedSkilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker
Optceutics LtdSkilled Worker
Opteo LtdSkilled 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.

Other UK towns and cities

Source: UK Home Office, Register of licensed sponsors: workers (Register of 2026-10-07), published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Organisations are grouped by the town or city on the register. A licence allows sponsorship; whether a role qualifies depends on the route's skill and salary rules. GotOffered is not affiliated with any employer listed.