Visa sponsors by industry

Browse 98,550 licensed sponsors by what their company does, using the SIC codes each company files with Companies House. Industries follow the Office for National Statistics' UK SIC 2007 classification.

Largest industries

All industries

Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply261

Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles21,818

Accommodation and food service activities13,746

Real estate activities3,097

Public administration and defence; compulsory social security328

Education3,547

Human health and social work activities11,396

Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use248

Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies14

Not on industry pages: 1,933 matched sponsors whose company files no SIC code, and 6,557 that only file a catch-all code such as 82990 ("other business support service activities not elsewhere classified").

Figures as of 15 November 2026. Sources: Home Office register of licensed sponsors; Companies House data (Open Government Licence v3.0); ONS UK SIC 2007. We only include sponsors whose register name matches exactly one company at Companies House.

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