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Licensed sponsors by industry

Ranking · United Kingdom

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21
Data as at 26 Oct 2026
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Top 25

Sponsors
  1. Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles19,631
  2. Information and communication12,520
  3. Accommodation and food service activities12,259
  4. Professional, scientific and technical activities11,357
  5. Human health and social work activities8,738
  6. Manufacturing7,238
  7. Administrative and support service activities6,766
  8. Construction5,493
  9. Financial and insurance activities3,063
  10. Other service activities2,761
  11. Transportation and storage2,358
  12. Real estate activities1,975
  13. Education1,584
  14. Arts, entertainment and recreation1,323
  15. Agriculture, forestry and fishing545
  16. Water supply, sewerage and waste management276
  17. Mining and quarrying242
  18. Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply238
  19. Public administration and defence206
  20. Households as employers78
  21. Extraterritorial organisations56
Source: Home Office, Register of licensed sponsors: workers and students (26 Oct 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0Data as at 26 Oct 2026

Top 21

#IndustrySponsors
1Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles19,631
2Information and communication12,520
3Accommodation and food service activities12,259
4Professional, scientific and technical activities11,357
5Human health and social work activities8,738
6Manufacturing7,238
7Administrative and support service activities6,766
8Construction5,493
9Financial and insurance activities3,063
10Other service activities2,761
11Transportation and storage2,358
12Real estate activities1,975
13Education1,584
14Arts, entertainment and recreation1,323
15Agriculture, forestry and fishing545
16Water supply, sewerage and waste management276
17Mining and quarrying242
18Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply238
19Public administration and defence206
20Households as employers78
21Extraterritorial organisations56
Source: Home Office, Register of licensed sponsors: workers and students (26 Oct 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0Data as at 26 Oct 2026

How this is counted

Licensed sponsors matched to Companies House, ranked by the SIC 2007 section of their first listed nature of business.

Source: Home Office, Register of licensed sponsors: workers and students (26 Oct 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0Data as at 26 Oct 2026

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