Hospitality & Food Service companies with a UK sponsor licence

15,313 UK employers classified as Hospitality & Food Service hold a sponsor licence. Industry classification is ours, not the Home Office's — licence status and routes come straight from the register.

Licensed sponsors
15,313
Currently on the Home Office register
Added (90 days)
246
New licences seen since
Removed (90 days)
270
Licences that left the register
Live sponsored jobs
2,775
153 employers hiring now

Advertised salaries at these sponsors run from £10,000 to £110,000, with a median of £30,372. Taken from live listings matched to licence holders, so it reflects what is being advertised rather than what sponsored workers are paid.

Sponsors hiring now

All 15,313 licensed sponsors

Recent register changes

Common questions

How many UK hospitality & food service companies hold a sponsor licence?
15,313 organisations classified as Hospitality & Food Service currently hold a UK sponsor licence.
Where are most hospitality & food service sponsors based?
London has the largest concentration, with 3,388 licensed hospitality & food service sponsors.
Has this list changed recently?
In the last 90 days 246 sponsors were added and 270 were removed. The register is re-read from GOV.UK every day, and each change is recorded with the date it was observed.

Top locations

Visa routes

Source: UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors, re-read daily, plus Companies House. How this data is produced.