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 548 of 729
| Organisation | Visa routes |
|---|---|
| Royal Academy of Music | Government Authorised Exchange; Creative Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Royal Aeronautical Society | Skilled Worker |
| Royal Air Maroc | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland | Charity Worker |
| Royal Bank of Canada | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Royal College of Art | Skilled Worker; Government Authorised Exchange |
| Royal College of Music | Creative Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Royal College of Nursing | Skilled Worker |
| Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists | Skilled Worker |
| Royal College of Pharmacy | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Royal College of Surgeons of England | Government Authorised Exchange; Skilled Worker |
| Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons | Skilled Worker |
| Royal Connections | Skilled Worker; Religious Worker; Tier 2 Ministers of Religion |
| Royal Economic Society | Skilled Worker |
| Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia | International Agreement |
| Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust | Skilled Worker |
| Royal Garden Hotel Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Royal Hotel TLK Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors | Skilled Worker |
| Royal Jordanian Airlines | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Royal Mail Group Limited | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| Royal Museums Greenwich | Creative Worker; Charity Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Royal Norwegian Embassy | Skilled Worker |
| Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Limited | Skilled Worker; Charity Worker; Creative Worker |
| Royal Priesthood Pentecostal Church (UK) | Tier 2 Ministers of Religion; Charity Worker; Religious Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | Skilled Worker |
| Royal Thai Embassy | International Agreement; Skilled Worker |
| Royal Thames Yacht Club Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Royal Trinity Hospice | Skilled Worker |
| Royal Tunbridge Trading Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Royal Veterinary College | Government Authorised Exchange |
| Royal Wharf Aesthetics & Academy Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Royale Peri Peri Chicken Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Royale Tiles Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Roz Barr Architects Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Rozelin Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Ruach City Church | Skilled Worker |
| Ruane Construction Design and Consultancy Ltd. | Skilled Worker |
| Rubicon Asset Consultants Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Rubicon Capital Consulting Company Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Rubicon Partners Advisers LLP | Skilled Worker |
| Rubisan Hotels London Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Rubix Group International Limited | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Rubrik UK Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Ruby Labs Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Ruby Road Limited | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| Ruckus Wireless UK Limited | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Rud Pedersen UK Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Ruder Finn UK Ltd | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| Rudius Management (UK) 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.