Is the Register of Licensed Sponsors public?

Yes. The Home Office publishes it on gov.uk as a downloadable spreadsheet and refreshes it each month. We mirror that spreadsheet here so you can actually search it: filter by industry, visa route, location, or recent hiring activity.

How often is the Register of Licensed Sponsors updated?

Monthly. The Home Office uploads a fresh spreadsheet to gov.uk each month, and our sync picks up the new version automatically. New sponsors appear within a day or two of being licensed; revoked licences drop off.

How do I check if a company is on the Register of Licensed Sponsors?

Type the employer's name into the search box above. If they hold an active UK sponsor licence, you'll see a profile with the visa routes they're approved for, where they're based, and their recent sponsorship activity. No profile means they're either not licensed or have been removed from the register.

What's the difference between this register and the gov.uk version?

The data is the same. We sync straight from the Home Office's monthly spreadsheet. The difference is what you can do with it: search by keyword, filter by industry and visa route, and see live jobs, salary data, and past visa issuance volumes for each sponsor.

Register of Licensed Sponsors

The Register of Licensed Sponsors is the UK Home Office's official list of companies approved to sponsor overseas workers on Skilled Worker and other UK work visas. Search the register below, or filter by industry, visa route, or recent hiring activity.

Last synced 24 April 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.

ALTEN LTDProfessional, scientific and technical activities

We are a leading Engineering and IT consultancy operating across all sectors in 30 different countries. Whatever you need, we make it happen. What do we do and why? At ALTEN we know that the work of our clients is essential to the future, and we want to have a positive impact on the challenges facing our society and environment. We therefore aim to enable them to sustainably build the world of tomorrow. This purpose unites passionate, diligent, ambitious, and agile engineers – all committe

265 visas63 jobs

Greene King Retail Services LimitedAdministrative and support service activities

Greene King is the country’s leading pub company and brewer with c.2,600 pubs, restaurants and hotels across England, Wales and Scotland. At Greene King we are passionate about delivering our purpose to ‘pour happiness into lives’. That’s for our customers, our team, our pub partners, our suppliers and the communities in which we live, operate and serve. Founded in 1799 with offices in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk and Burton on Trent in Staffordshire we employ around 40,000 people across the group

1 visas183 jobs

PizzaExpress Group LimitedProfessional, scientific and technical activities

PizzaExpress is the place for everyone who loves pizza to bring their personality and be their true self. We hire people with passion and individuality, who love creating our handcrafted pizza and providing epic service for our customers. At PizzaExpress, you own your career journey. We’ll work with you to help shape your experience, so that it’s always right for you. 60 years ago, we brought pizza to the U.K. and started our nation’s love affair with pizza. With our kitchens at the heart of o

1 visas183 jobs

Hoare Lea LLP

We are an award-winning engineering consultancy with a creative team of engineers, designers, and technical specialists. We provide innovative solutions to complex engineering and design challenges for buildings. Irrespective of the scale or complexity of a project, we provide a full range of MEP, environmental and sustainability services, bringing buildings to life and ensuring that they perform in operation as well as they look.

19 visas173 jobs

ZENSAR TECHNOLOGIES (UK) LIMITEDInformation and communication

Zensar stands out as a premier technology consulting and services company, embracing an ‘experience-led everything’ philosophy. We are creators, thinkers, and problem solvers passionate about designing digital experiences that are engineered into scale-ready products, services, and solutions to deliver superior engagement to high-growth companies. This full lifecycle capability – from experience to engineering to engagement – is what makes us unique. This integrated approach also means that we h

238 visas6 jobs

WATES GROUP LIMITEDFinancial and insurance activities

The Wates Group was established in 1897 and is one of the leading privately-owned construction, development and property services companies in the UK. We employ almost 6,000 people, working with a range of clients and partners from across the public and private sectors. Also, we strive to continue our DEI efforts to ensure a supportive workplace through our initiatives and employee networks. We are proud to sponsor Premiership Women's Rugby, driving impactful change to redefine what inclusion a

9 visas179 jobs

EDF ENERGY LAKE LIMITEDProfessional, scientific and technical activities

EDF is leading the charge towards An Electric Britain to help make energy more affordable and sustainable. Our nuclear power stations have powered UK homes with low-carbon electricity for 50 years, and we're currently building a new project at Hinkley Point C. But we’re not stopping there. We're also investing in wind, solar, and battery storage technology, and helping customers electrify their homes and businesses with low-carbon tech like heat pumps and electric vehicles. Join us in buildin

366 visas35 jobs

SUPERDRUG STORES PLCWholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles

Established in 1841, AS Watson Group is one of the world's longest-standing and most recognised retail companies with roots in Asia. Today, the company operates over 17,000 stores across 12 retail brands in 31 markets, employing 130,000 people globally. This makes AS Watson Group the largest international health and beauty retailer in the world. In the fiscal year 2025, AS Watson Group reported revenue of over US$26 billion. The company's technology-enabled O+O (Offline plus Online) platforms s

18 visas173 jobs

Siemens Industry Software LimitedInformation and communication

Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a leading technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, mobility, and healthcare. The company’s purpose is to create technology to transform the everyday, for everyone. By combining the real and the digital worlds, Siemens empowers customers to accelerate their digital and sustainability transformations, making factories more efficient, cities more livable, and transportation more sustainable. A leader in industrial AI, Siemens leverages its deep domai

47 visas162 jobs

Sandvik Holdings LimitedProfessional, scientific and technical activities

Sandvik is a global, high-tech engineering group providing solutions that enhance productivity, profitability and sustainability for the manufacturing, mining and infrastructure industries. We are at the forefront of digitalization and focus on optimizing our customers’ processes. Our world-leading offering includes equipment, tools, services and digital solutions for machining, mining, rock excavation and rock processing. In 2024, the Sandvik Group had approximately 41,000 employees, sales in m

6 visas178 jobs

Frequently asked questions

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).