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Scale-up

UK visa route

Licensed sponsors
93
Visas issued, 2025
166
Change 2024→2025
+90.8%
Towns with sponsors
38
Sponsors93on 26 Oct 2026
Year by year
Data as at 26 Oct 2026
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Licensed sponsors

Organisations licensed for this route on the Home Office register, 26 Oct 2026.

Sponsors by town
  1. London47
  2. Birmingham3
  3. Solihull3
  4. Hounslow3
  5. Stoke on Trent2
  6. Edinburgh2
  7. Liverpool2
  8. Bridgwater1
  9. Ascot1
  10. Guildford1
  11. Manchester1
  12. Bushey Heath1
  13. Rickmansworth1
  14. Slough1
  15. Park Royal1
Sponsors by industry (Companies House SIC section)
  1. Information and communication28
  2. Professional, scientific and technical activities16
  3. Administrative and support service activities9
  4. Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles7
  5. Manufacturing6
  6. Construction5
  7. Financial and insurance activities4
  8. Other service activities3
  9. Human health and social work activities2
  10. Real estate activities2
  11. Transportation and storage2
  12. Accommodation and food service activities1
Source: Home Office, Register of licensed sponsors: workers and students (26 Oct 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; Companies House, basic company data (1 Oct 2026)Data as at 26 Oct 2026

Entry clearance visas issued

Visas issued to main applicants and dependants, calendar years (Home Office). Includes earlier names of the route.

Visas issued by year

83166202320252026
83166202320252026
Data table
202365
202487
2025166
202688
Visas issued 2024–2025 by nationality
  1. India135
  2. Russia41
  3. Pakistan24
  4. United States11
  5. Turkey10
  6. China8
  7. Australia4
  8. Indonesia2
  9. Canada2
  10. Peru2
  11. Ukraine2
  12. Tunisia1
Source: Home Office, Immigration system statistics (year ending June 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0Data as at Jun 2026

Application fees

Main applicant fee from 8 October 2026 (outside and inside the UK), as listed by the Home Office.

FeeAmount
Scale-up - main applicant and dependants£937
Scale-up - main applicant and dependants£937
Endorsement fee for a Scale-up sponsor licence under Endorsing Body Pathway (payable to the endorsing body) excluding VAT£1,500
Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS), or approval under Sponsor a Worker:- Temporary Worker including Global Business Mobility - Graduate Trainee, UK expansion Worker, Service Supplier and Secondment Worker route and Scale-up route£55
Source: Home Office immigration and nationality fees, 8 October 2026Data as at 8 Oct 2026

Official data, not advice. Visa Atlas publishes figures from government registers and statistics. It does not assess eligibility or give immigration advice; for advice, consult a regulated adviser. Read more