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 680 of 729
| Organisation | Visa routes |
|---|---|
| Upton Park Dentalcare | Skilled Worker |
| Upton Park Fish Bazaar & Halal Meat | Skilled Worker |
| Upton-Hansen Architects Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Uptown Dry Cleaners (Lon) LTD | Skilled Worker |
| Upvolt Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Urang Property Management Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Urbacon Trading & Contracting UK Ltd | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Urban Air Port Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Urban Airship UK Limited | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Urban Excess Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Urban Facilities Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Urban Jungle Services Ltd. | Skilled Worker |
| Urban Key London | Tier 2 Ministers of Religion; Charity Worker; Religious Worker |
| Urban Leisure NW6 Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Urban Movement Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Urban Partners Management UK Limited | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Urban Rest UK Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Urban Rose Beauty Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Urban Spectrum Property Management Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| UrbanTide Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Urbanist Architecture Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Urbiana UK Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Uria Menendez Abogados S.L.P. | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| Usborne Publishing Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Useful Simple Group Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Usnoop Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Ustad Kitchens Ltd T/A Biryani and Burgers | Skilled Worker |
| Ustwo Games Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Utmost International Group Holdings Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Utopia Capital Management Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Utopia Food Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Utter Waffle | Skilled Worker |
| Uway Global (UK) Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Uxbridge Restaurant Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Uzbekistan Airways | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| Uzumaki Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| V & E PROPERTY INVESTMENT LTD | Skilled Worker |
| V & H Limited | Skilled Worker |
| V & M BROTHERS LTD T/A SHELL | Skilled Worker |
| V & M CLAPHAM LTD | Skilled Worker |
| V & S POPLAR LIMITED | Skilled Worker |
| V A Machinery Limited | Skilled Worker |
| V B Enterprises Limited | Skilled Worker |
| V H C London Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| V M Express | Skilled Worker |
| V M Media and Entertainment Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| V PRINT FOR U LTD | Skilled Worker |
| V Prep Limited | Skilled Worker |
| V SEND LTD | Skilled Worker |
| V Skol Ltd | 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.