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 651 of 729
| Organisation | Visa routes |
|---|---|
| The Opera Story | Creative Worker |
| The Orange Giraffe Pub Company T/a The Atlas | Skilled Worker |
| The Order of Friars Minor Conventual | Tier 2 Ministers of Religion |
| The Organic Family Ltd t/a Mr Organic | Skilled Worker |
| The Organic Pharmacy Limited | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| The Origin Thai Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| The Original London Sightseeing Tour Limited | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| The Original Tour Limited | Skilled Worker |
| The Other House Opco Holdings Limited | Skilled Worker |
| The Other Media Limited | Skilled Worker |
| The Other Songs Limited | Skilled Worker |
| The Outsider limited | Creative Worker |
| The Oval GP Surgery Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| The Oval Partnership Architecture Ltd | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| The Oxford Group (trading as Initiatives of Change UK) | Religious Worker; Skilled Worker |
| The PC Agency | Skilled Worker |
| The PHA Group | Skilled Worker |
| The PIE Partnership Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| The Palm Builders & Developers Limited | Skilled Worker |
| The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church, Kensington | Religious Worker; Tier 2 Ministers of Religion |
| The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Saint John with Saint Andrew, Chelsea | Tier 2 Ministers of Religion |
| The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St James, Westminster | Skilled Worker |
| The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Divine with St James the Apostle Kennington | Charity Worker |
| The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Luke and Christ Church , Chelsea | Religious Worker; Tier 2 Ministers of Religion |
| The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Luke's Redcliffe Gardens | Tier 2 Ministers of Religion |
| The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary with All Saints' Putney | Tier 2 Ministers of Religion |
| The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St. John the Evangelist, Upper Holloway | Tier 2 Ministers of Religion |
| The Parochial Church Council of the ecclesiastical parish of Saint Mary, Islington. | Skilled Worker |
| The Pathway Funding Body | Skilled Worker |
| The Pears Family Charitable Foundation School | Skilled Worker |
| The Pennies Foundation | Skilled Worker |
| The Penny Group Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| The People's Bank of China Representative Office for Europe | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| The Peters Fraser & Dunlop Group Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| The Philly Cheesesteak Co Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| The Philosophy Works Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| The Phone Lads Limited | Skilled Worker |
| The Photographic Workshop Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| The Physiotherapist Company Limited T/as Sammy Margo Physiotherapy | Skilled Worker |
| The Pickled Pub Company Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| The Pigs Head Pub Company | Skilled Worker |
| The Portland Hospital | Skilled Worker |
| The Portland Trust | Skilled Worker |
| The Portobello Pharmacy Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| The Posterhouse | Skilled Worker |
| The Power of Nutrition | Skilled Worker |
| The Prime College Limited | Skilled Worker |
| The Princess Grace Hospital | Skilled Worker |
| The Print Room | Creative Worker; Skilled Worker |
| The Printed Group Limited t/a Printed.com | 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.