UK Sponsor List: search 127,825 licensed visa sponsors
Search the official UK sponsor licence list (Home Office register of licensed sponsors: workers). Find out whether an organisation holds a sponsor licence, its town, rating and visa routes. Updated daily from GOV.UK; current register dated 2026-10-23.
Browse the UK visa sponsor list by route
- Skilled Worker 122,441
- Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker 10,356
- Tier 2 Ministers of Religion 1,961
- Creative Worker 1,575
- Charity Worker 1,530
- International Sportsperson 1,459
- Religious Worker 1,436
- Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee 621
- Global Business Mobility: UK Expansion Worker 440
- Government Authorised Exchange 246
- International Agreement 134
- Scale-up 93
- Global Business Mobility: Service Supplier 56
- Seasonal Worker 6
- Global Business Mobility: Secondment Worker 6
- Tier 2 General 5
- Intra Company Transfers (ICT) 1
- Intra-company Routes 1
Largest towns and cities
- London 36,682
- Birmingham 3,095
- Manchester 2,883
- Leicester 1,423
- Glasgow 1,380
- Bristol 1,294
- Edinburgh 1,180
- Leeds 1,082
- Nottingham 1,051
- Ilford 940
- Coventry 914
- Reading 912
- Slough 863
- Milton Keynes 844
- Cambridge 841
- Harrow 816
- Bradford 741
- Liverpool 740
- Luton 708
- Sheffield 694
- Cardiff 628
- Oxford 626
- Bolton 592
- Southampton 571
- Newcastle upon Tyne 551
- Belfast 537
- Croydon 536
- Northampton 516
- Derby 513
- Wolverhampton 497
About this sponsor licence list
The register lists organisations licensed by the Home Office to sponsor workers on routes such as Skilled Worker and Global Business Mobility. The UK Home Office register lists licensed sponsors. A listing does not mean any particular job is sponsored or that the organisation is currently recruiting. Always check the employer's own job advert and the official GOV.UK register.