UK Sponsor List: search 127,822 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 2026-10-28.
Browse the UK visa sponsor list by route
- Skilled Worker 122,442
- Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker 10,354
- Tier 2 Ministers of Religion 1,961
- Creative Worker 1,574
- Charity Worker 1,532
- International Sportsperson 1,457
- Religious Worker 1,437
- Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee 622
- Global Business Mobility: UK Expansion Worker 438
- Government Authorised Exchange 246
- International Agreement 134
- Scale-up 93
- Global Business Mobility: Service Supplier 55
- 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 36,684
- Birmingham 3,086
- Manchester 2,881
- Leicester 1,420
- Glasgow 1,381
- Bristol 1,295
- Edinburgh 1,179
- Leeds 1,083
- Nottingham 1,054
- Ilford 944
- Coventry 911
- Reading 911
- Slough 861
- Milton Keynes 843
- Cambridge 841
- Harrow 812
- Bradford 742
- Liverpool 738
- Luton 709
- Sheffield 695
- Cardiff 628
- Oxford 628
- Bolton 591
- Southampton 572
- Newcastle upon Tyne 552
- Belfast 539
- Croydon 536
- Northampton 515
- Derby 514
- Aberdeen 496
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.