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 701 of 729
| Organisation | Visa routes |
|---|---|
| Walr Group Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Walsh Associates | Skilled Worker |
| Walsingham Support | Skilled Worker |
| Walter & Wild Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Walter James Limited | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Walter Knoll UK LTD | Skilled Worker |
| Walters and Cohen Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Waltham Forest College | Skilled Worker |
| Waltham Forest Muslim Burial Trust | Charity Worker |
| Waltham Gas & Electrics Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Walthamstow Cricket Tennis & Squash Club | International Sportsperson |
| Walthamstow Village Montessori Day Nursery | Skilled Worker |
| Walton Cafe Ltd T/A Walton Cafe | Skilled Worker |
| Walworth After-School Club Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Walworth Road Specsavers Hearcare Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Walworth Road Visionplus Ltd T/A Specsavers Opticians | Skilled Worker |
| Wan Media Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Wanderlust Wine | Skilled Worker |
| Wandle Healthcare Services Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Wandle Learning Trust | Skilled Worker |
| Wandsworth Medical Centre | Skilled Worker |
| Wandsworth Premier Ltd T/A Premier | Skilled Worker |
| Wandsworth Town Dental Practice | Skilled Worker |
| Wanhua Borsodchem UK branch | Skilled Worker |
| Wanis Management Services LLP | Skilled Worker |
| Wannabeco Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Wansa Group Commodities | Skilled Worker |
| Wanstead Spice LTD TA The Lane | Skilled Worker |
| Wanstead and Snaresbrook Cricket Club | International Sportsperson |
| Wanstor Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Want2BThere Limited | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| Wapping Wharf Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| War Child UK | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Charity Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Warburg Pincus International LLC | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker |
| Ward Ferry Management UK Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Ward and Burke Construction Ltd | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Wardour Communications Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Waring and McKenna Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Warm &Cold Maintenance Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Warm Street Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Warmpro Insulation Specialists Ltd | Skilled Worker |
| Warmup Plc | Skilled Worker |
| Warner Bros Television Production UK Limited | Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Creative Worker |
| Warner Bros. Entertainment UK Limited | Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Warner Bros. Productions Limited | Skilled Worker; Creative Worker |
| Warner Media International Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Warner Music (UK) Ltd | Creative Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker |
| Warp Records Ltd | Skilled Worker; Creative Worker |
| Warren Johnson Limited | Skilled Worker |
| Warrener Stewart 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.