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UK Visa Sponsors by Industry
Browse licensed UK visa sponsors by the sector they work in — from the Home Office register dated 7 October 2026.
- Health & Social Care →11,094 licensed sponsors
- Hospitality & Food →7,077 licensed sponsors
- Retail →3,280 licensed sponsors
- Professional Services →3,006 licensed sponsors
- Education & Training →2,905 licensed sponsors
- Construction & Engineering →2,776 licensed sponsors
- Technology →2,027 licensed sponsors
- Religious Organisations →1,463 licensed sponsors
- Logistics & Transport →993 licensed sponsors
- Beauty & Wellbeing →717 licensed sponsors
- Recruitment & Staffing →318 licensed sponsors
How sectors are worked out
The Home Office register doesn’t include an industry field, so we group companies by their registered name — a sponsor called “Oakfield Nursing Home Ltd” is classified as health and social care, for example.
This works well for the 35,656 companies whose names carry a clear industry signal, but plenty of licensed sponsors have names that reveal nothing about what they do — those won’t appear on any sector page. To check a specific employer, use the sponsor licence check or browse the full A–Z register.