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 607 of 729
| Organisation | Visa routes |
|---|---|
| Stephen Ongpin Fine Art Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Stephen Taylor Architects Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Stephens Europe Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Stephens and Associates Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Stephenson Harwood | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee; Skilled Worker |
| Stepping Stones Clinic | Skilled Worker |
| Stepping stones Childcare LTD | Skilled Worker |
| Steptoe International (UK) LLP | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Sterling & Law Associates LLP | Skilled Worker |
| Sterling Accounts Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Sterling Driving School Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Sterling Media Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Sterling Motor Group LTD | Skilled Worker |
| Sterling Practice Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Sterling Stamp Law Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Sterling Windows Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Stern Energy UK Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Sternlight Capital Partners LLP | Skilled Worker |
| Steve Hines Consulting Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Steven Eagell Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Steward Holdings Ltd. | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Stewart Title Limited | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Stewarts | Skilled Worker |
| Stibbe London B.V. | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Stichting Climate-KIC International Foundation | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| Stick Boy Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Stickland & Co. Ltd T/A Stickland Pharmacy | Skilled Worker |
| Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Stiff + Trevillion Architects Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Stifford Centre Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Stiftung fuer Effektiven Altruismus | Skilled Worker |
| Stig Motors | Skilled Worker |
| Stikeman Elliott LLP | Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Stink Limited | Skilled Worker; Creative Worker |
| Stir PR | Skilled Worker |
| Stirling Education UK LTD | Skilled Worker |
| Stirling Square Capital Partners LLP | Skilled Worker |
| Stitch Editing Limited | Skilled Worker; Creative Worker |
| Stock Channel Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Stock Hill Stud Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Stockdale Street Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Stockwellcare Support Services Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Stoke Property Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Stokoe Partnership Solicitors | Skilled Worker |
| Stolon Studio Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Stolt-Nielsen M.S. Limited | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| Stone Harbor Services (UK) Ltd | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| Stone Nest | Skilled Worker; Creative Worker |
| StoneTurn UK Limited | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| StoneX Financial Ltd | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; 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.