Register of Licensed Sponsors 2026
The Register of Licensed Sponsors is the UK Home Office's official list of companies that can sponsor a visa in the UK. These are the employers approved to sponsor overseas workers on Skilled Worker and other UK work visas. Search the full list below, or filter by industry, visa route, or recent hiring activity. Just checking one employer? Use the sponsor licence checker instead.
Last synced 17 July 2026 · Source: gov.uk
Companies (Licensed Sponsors)
Results are prioritized by recent visa sponsorship activity and active job postings, helping you focus on employers most likely to sponsor.
Hanbury is a strategic advisory firm that turns insight into impact. Whether you face a communications challenge or have a policy goal, our exceptional team uses our understanding of public opinion, the press and politics to create campaigns that work. Since launching in 2016, we have advised some of the most recognised brands and fastest-growing companies in the world on their biggest reputational, policy and regulatory challenges.
Global Maritime delivers integrated marine solutions for a changing offshore world. Founded in 1979, we bring nearly five decades of technical expertise and operational experience to complex offshore and maritime projects worldwide. Operating across oil and gas, renewables, shipping, infrastructure and aquaculture, we support clients throughout the full project lifecycle. From early-stage engineering and design through marine operations, marine warranty, advisory, geoscience, software and decom
For more than 50 years, IWSR has been trusted by the leaders of global beverage alcohol businesses as an integral part of their strategic planning and decision-making processes. We uniquely combine our proprietary longitudinal market data, consumer insights and AI-enhanced data science with valuable on-the-ground human intelligence, in more than 160 markets worldwide, to decipher what is really happening in the global beverage alcohol market. With access to our data, clients from across the
Risktec Solutions is an established, independent and specialist risk management consulting and training company, owned by the TUV Rheinland Group. We assist clients in major hazard industries and commercial and public sectors to manage health, safety, security, environmental (HSSE) and business risk. Risktec has its principal office in Warrington in the UK, with other offices in key locations in the UK, the Netherlands, Middle East, Malaysia and North America. Our activities are supported by
Hiring someone in another country shouldn't mean months of legal setup and compliance risk in a jurisdiction you’re not familiar with. We make it straightforward. Safeguard Global provides market-leading workforce enablement solutions for 1,500+ organizations and operates in 187 countries. Since 2008, we've handled compliance with local employment laws, multi-country payroll, HR administration, and tax complexity — enabling teams worldwide to focus on the big picture and expand with success.
Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC) is a leading energy infrastructure solutions provider dedicated to helping customers reduce costs, enhance resilience, and decarbonize to net zero in the global energy transition. Our comprehensive portfolio includes implementing smart energy efficiency solutions, upgrading aging infrastructure, and developing, constructing, and operating distributed energy resources. As a trusted full-service partner, Ameresco shows the way by reducing energy use and delivering energy
Arval is a major actor in full-service vehicle leasing and a specialist in mobility solutions founded in 1989. Arval is fully owned by BNP Paribas and positioned within the Group’s Commercial, Personal Banking & Services division. Arval was leasing nearly 1.9 million vehicles worldwide as of the end of 2025. Every day, nearly 8,700 Arval employees in 28 countries work with passion to accomplish Arval’s promise: offer flexible solutions to make journeys seamless and more sustainable for its custo
The Moredun Research Institute conducts world class scientific research to improve farm animal health and welfare through the prevention and control of infectious diseases of livestock. Established by Scottish farmers in 1920, Moredun's work has always been firmly based on addressing the needs of the farming industry. Our scientists work on the understanding of diseases of agricultural relevance with emphasis on endemic and emerging disease. With greater awareness we are able to successfully d
BTS is a global professional services firm that helps the world’s leading organizations move from strategy to execution at scale. Founded in 1986 in Stockholm by Henrik Ekelund, BTS was built on a simple belief: capability is built through experience. We were the first consulting firm to bring business simulations to market, placing leaders inside real decisions instead of just talking about them. Today, under the leadership of CEO Jessica Skon, BTS is focused on the next era of performance. A
Frequently asked questions
What is the Register of Licensed Sponsors? The register is the Home Office's official list of UK employers approved to sponsor overseas workers on Skilled Worker, Health and Care Worker, and other sponsored visa routes. Each row shows the organisation, its town, the visa routes its licence covers, and its rating (A or B).
Yes. The Home Office publishes it on gov.uk as a downloadable spreadsheet, and we sync from it daily so you can actually search it: filter by industry, visa route, location, or recent hiring activity.