IND recognised sponsors in the Netherlands
13,018 employers the Immigration and Naturalisation Service lets hire a highly skilled migrant. Check one by name or KvK number, or browse them A to Z.
From the IND public register of recognised sponsors (work), published 2026-10-14, updated monthly.
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Does the job pay enough?
€5,942
a month before tax, without holiday pay, in 2026
Recent graduates may qualify at €3,122. The EU Blue Card asks €5,942. IND amounts for 2026
Usually pays enough
- Nurses with a recognised diploma
- Engineers
- IT specialists
- Senior chefs
- Doctors and researchers
Usually pays less
- Care assistants
- Farm and greenhouse work
- Drivers
- Warehouse work
These need a combined permit (GVVA): the UWV first checks whether someone in the Netherlands or the EU can do the job.
Employers starting with S
1,482 employers- SKF B.V.KvK 30047921
- SKIM AnalyticalKvK 24135624
- SLJ Investment Partners B.V.KvK 62856642
- SLK Software Netherlands B.V.KvK 34258286
- SLR Consulting Netherlands B.V.KvK 28073917
- SLTN Personeel B.V.KvK 32064916
- SMART Photonics B.V.KvK 54843219
- SMB Capital B.V.KvK 24345275
- SMBC Aero Engine Lease B.V.KvK 58968504
- SMBC Bank EU AGKvK 74151851
- SMC Nederland B.V.KvK 33165882
- SME Service Rotterdam B.V.KvK 73534684
- SMELT Europe B.V.KvK 05065499
- SMS Cycling B.V.KvK 08119294
- SMS Global Logistics B.V.KvK 69452954
- SMS Implementation Engineers B.V.KvK 20088708
- SMS Intermediair B.V.KvK 17093277
- SMST Designers & Constructors B.V.KvK 01059469
- SMT Services B.V.KvK 65860667
- SMT Shipping (Netherlands) B.V.KvK 50582550
- SMT Zorg & Zorgadvies B.V.KvK 70366640
- SN Power Invest Netherlands B.V.KvK 60009586
- SNBC Europe B.V.KvK 17062599
- SNOT B.V.KvK 58899634
- SNR Schouten & Nelissen Recovery B.V.KvK 11014569
- SNV Shell Nederland Verkoopmaatschappij B.V.KvK 24112907
- SO Connect B.V.KvK 56838182
- SOA People Nederland N.V.KvK 17104742
- SOCOTEC Geotechnics B.V.KvK 17068712
- SOIL-Data B.V.KvK 93327897
- SOS International AmsterdamKvK 33171493
- SPA WNP ingenieurs B.V.KvK 09092661
- SPAR International B.V.KvK 33092182
- SPDF Business Advisory Coöperatie U.A.KvK 55475892
- SPEAKAP B.V.KvK 51753847
- SPECTR B.V.KvK 76571548
- SPF Europe B.V.KvK 14043867
- SPGPrints B.V.KvK 16032034
- SPIE Nederland B.V.KvK 14635629
- SPK Europe B.V.KvK 24274318
- SPM Instrument B.V.KvK 18113234
- SPOSEA B.V.KvK 65075471
- SPR Solutions Inc. B.V.KvK 86323261
- SPS Commerce Netherlands B.V.KvK 76027589
- SPS InnoQon B.V.KvK 72793147
- SPS-Europe B.V.KvK 52894223
- SPT Offshore B.V.KvK 22041298
- SPX Flow Technology Assen B.V.KvK 04029567
- SQLI Nederland B.V.KvK 34128263
- SR CON NH B.V.KvK 59291850
- SRA (Europe) B.V.KvK 33218505
- SRC-Search B.V.KvK 64235602
- SRG International B.V.KvK 20077743
- SSC Plus B.V.KvK 33278320
- SSE Fire Protection B.V.KvK 76068048
- STAEDEAN B.V.KvK 30202447
- STAEL Process Recruitment B.V.KvK 69641374
- STAFF Industromont B.V.KvK 24494345
- STAG Hotels Netherlands B.V.KvK 55130313
- STAR Group Nederland B.V.KvK 22047014
- STAR Resources B.V.KvK 56266693
- STB Software Development B.V.KvK 87643359
- STBY B.V.KvK 33298534
- STC - GroupKvK 41131703
- STC B.V.KvK 37053270
- STELTIX Nederland B.V.KvK 30175262
- STERISKvK 09052974
- STMP Holding B.V.KvK 66922682
- STP Tax B.V.KvK 34289463
- STRIK B.V.KvK 97693928
- STS Specialist Technical Engineering Services B.V.KvK 73387401
- STX CommoditiesKvK 34273978
- STX Service Europe B.V.KvK 52852091
- SThree Interim Services B.V.KvK 58612122
- SU Biomedicine B.V.KvK 30198339
- SUPAIR IntermediairsKvK 27303697
- SUPPLYZ B.V.KvK 87036290
- SURF B.V.KvK 50277375
- SUSE Software Solutions Netherlands B.V.KvK 72913983
- SUZOHAPP Netherlands B.V.KvK 23084035
- SVITZER Europe Holding B.V.KvK 27084014
- SVP-Architektuur en StedebouwKvK 31027240
- SWAP Support B.V.KvK 27379799
- SWARCO Nederland B.V.KvK 31006154
- SYSINTEQ B.V.KvK 09150358
- SYSTEMIQ Nederland B.V.KvK 78214971
- SaBa IFA B.V.KvK 84749776
- SaM Solutions GmbH & Co. KGKvK 61995266
- SaMe Chemicals B.V.KvK 23031961
- Saab Air Traffic Management Nederland B.V.KvK 81122373
- Sabaas B.V.KvK 62804901
- Sabre Marketing Nederland B.V.KvK 33268357
- Sacaja Greens International B.V.KvK 56285698
- SafeSize B.V.KvK 61772968
- SafetyCulture B.V.KvK 85785342
- Safi Sana Holding B.V.KvK 30285039
- Sahin B.V.KvK 86678876
- Saia Agrobotics B.V.KvK 75339269
- Saikai Trading B.V.KvK 63584166
- Sail Investments B.V.KvK 68338562
Questions about sponsorship in the Netherlands
- What is an IND recognised sponsor?
- An employer the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) has recognised to sponsor foreign workers. Only a recognised sponsor can hire someone on a highly skilled migrant (kennismigrant) permit, and its applications are decided faster. 13,018 employers are on the work register this month.
- How much must a highly skilled migrant earn in 2026?
- At least €5,942 gross a month without holiday pay from age 30, €4,357 under 30, and €3,122 for those who qualify for the reduced criterion, such as recent graduates. The EU Blue Card asks €5,942.
- Can care assistants, farm workers or drivers get sponsored this way?
- Rarely: most of these jobs pay below the highly skilled migrant threshold. Employers can still hire from outside the EU with a combined permit (GVVA), but the UWV first checks whether the job can be filled from the Netherlands or the EU. Nurses with a recognised diploma, engineers, IT specialists and senior chefs are the roles that usually clear the threshold.
- Does being on the list mean the employer is hiring me?
- No. It means the employer may sponsor. Apply to its open jobs as usual and ask about sponsorship; ApplyWave is a job-search tool, not an employer or an agency.