Towns with the most licensed sponsors

Ranking · United Kingdom

Entries: 100

Data as at 26 Oct 2026

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Top 100

#	Town	Sponsors
1	London	36,372
2	Birmingham	3,047
3	Manchester	2,850
4	Leicester	1,407
5	Glasgow	1,361
6	Bristol	1,284
7	Edinburgh	1,154
8	Leeds	1,067
9	Nottingham	1,039
10	Ilford	944
11	Reading	905
12	Coventry	896
13	Slough	859
14	Milton Keynes	842
15	Cambridge	831
16	Harrow	803
17	Bradford	732
18	Liverpool	723
19	Luton	695
20	Sheffield	687
21	Oxford	622
22	Cardiff	617
23	Bolton	583
24	Southampton	567
25	Newcastle Upon Tyne	545
26	Belfast	533
27	Croydon	531
28	Northampton	510
29	Derby	504
30	Aberdeen	496
31	Watford	487
32	Hounslow	486
33	Wolverhampton	485
34	Romford	442
35	Essex	439
36	Hayes	421
37	Southall	419
38	Wembley	411
39	Norwich	400
40	Brighton	393
41	Preston	388
42	Stoke on Trent	387
43	Peterborough	385
44	Kent	379
45	Uxbridge	363
46	High Wycombe	346
47	Oldham	343
48	Swindon	328
49	Bedford	325
50	Surrey	325
51	Walsall	323
52	Huddersfield	308
53	Barking	308
54	Blackburn	308
55	Stockport	295
56	Colchester	283
57	York	276
58	Cheltenham	270
59	Rochdale	264
60	Dagenham	260
61	Swansea	253
62	Guildford	250
63	Bournemouth	250
64	Portsmouth	247
65	Dartford	241
66	Salford	239
67	Solihull	238
68	Gloucester	237
69	Warrington	236
70	Chelmsford	233
71	Hull	231
72	Middlesex	229
73	Crawley	229
74	Ipswich	226
75	Doncaster	224
76	Newport	220
77	Maidenhead	219
78	St Albans	208
79	Hemel Hempstead	204
80	Plymouth	199
81	Basingstoke	198
82	Bath	197
83	Woking	197
84	Exeter	192
85	Aylesbury	192
86	Sutton	187
87	Poole	184
88	Maidstone	183
89	Rotherham	181
90	Ashford	180
91	Enfield	175
92	West Bromwich	173
93	Bracknell	172
94	Sunderland	170
95	Richmond	168
96	Wakefield	168
97	Middlesbrough	168
98	Dundee	167
99	Feltham	166
100	Bromley	164

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

Towns and cities ranked by organisations on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, 26 Oct 2026.

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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