Register statistics
Counted from the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, imported 24 October 2026.
Changes are counted from the next register GOV.UK publishes.
0 sponsors have been removed since we started tracking.
5,822 towns and cities have at least one sponsor.
A sponsor can hold several routes, so these add up to more than the total.
Based on words in each organisation's name, so many sponsors have no sector. Not official data.
Based on words in each organisation's name. Not official data.
3,302 sponsors hold both a Worker and a Temporary Worker licence. Number of sponsors by number of visa routes: 1 route: 114,884 · 2 routes: 11,529 · 3 routes: 1,268 · 4 routes: 145 · 5 routes: 9 · 6 routes: 1.
Source: Home Office, Register of licensed sponsors: workers, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Not affiliated with the Home Office. Browse all sponsors