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- SPOSEA B.V.KvK 65075471
- Spotify Netherlands B.V.KvK 34388788
- spotONvision B.V.KvK 57229791
- Spotzer Digital B.V.KvK 34254009
- Sprank B.V.KvK 24366430
- Springer Nature B.V.KvK 23051097
- Springest B.V.KvK 30239037
- Spring Today B.V.KvK 67807712
- SpriteCloud B.V.KvK 27351758
- SpronQ B.V.KvK 64040321
- Spro N.V.KvK 23075813
- Sproule B.V.KvK 75636026
- SPR Solutions Inc. B.V.KvK 86323261
- SPS Commerce Netherlands B.V.KvK 76027589
- SPS-Europe B.V.KvK 52894223
- SPS InnoQon B.V.KvK 72793147
- SPT Offshore B.V.KvK 22041298
- SPX Flow Technology Assen B.V.KvK 04029567
- Sqills Products B.V.KvK 08172403
- SQLI Nederland B.V.KvK 34128263
- Squadra MDM Factory B.V.KvK 78551048
- Squall International B.V.KvK 17124643
- Squarespace Netherlands B.V.KvK 84406720
- Squeezely B.V.KvK 66994292
- SRA (Europe) B.V.KvK 33218505
- Sram Europe Sales and Services B.V.KvK 38020300
- SR CON NH B.V.KvK 59291850
- SRC-Search B.V.KvK 64235602
- SRG International B.V.KvK 20077743
- S-RM B.V.KvK 85918768
- S.R.S. Specialist Retail Systems B.V.KvK 33223035
- SSC Plus B.V.KvK 33278320
- SSE Fire Protection B.V.KvK 76068048
- Staad B.V.KvK 58575170
- Staalmeesters B.V.KvK 56856296
- Staan Finance & ConsultancyKvK 34267301
- Stable & RentKvK 18126586
- Stackers B.V.KvK 80750281
- Stacks Technologies B.V.KvK 93518528
- Stadium Grow LightingKvK 34157947
- Stadler Service Nederland B.V.KvK 08120417
- Stadshaven Brouwerij B.V.KvK 74271261
- STAEDEAN B.V.KvK 30202447
- STAEL Process Recruitment B.V.KvK 69641374
- Staffbase B.V.KvK 75849895
- STAFF Industromont B.V.KvK 24494345
- Staffing Force Nederland B.V.KvK 34276840
- Staffyou Service & Software B.V.KvK 77118537
- Stage Entertainment Holding B.V.KvK 34110182
- Stage Entertainment Nederland Producties B.V.KvK 34072678
- Stage Entertainment Operations B.V.KvK 95897496
- Stage Entertainment Ticketing B.V.KvK 53304608
- Stagetruck B.V.KvK 76073033
- STAG Hotels Netherlands B.V.KvK 55130313
- Stago B.V.KvK 36002890
- Stahl Europe B.V.KvK 18107581
- Stahl Holdings B.V.KvK 34249320
- Stahl International B.V.KvK 18132671
- Stakelogic B.V.KvK 58566473
- Stamicarbon B.V.KvK 14009371
- Stammes Recruitment B.V.KvK 61651559
- Stanley Engineered Fastening Benelux B.V.KvK 14627337
- Stanley International B.V.KvK 75557126
- St. Anny Food B.V.KvK 11031788
- Stantec B.V.KvK 27184323
- Star Apple Interim B.V.KvK 61212792
- Starbucks Coffee EMEA B.V.KvK 34160291
- Starbucks Manufacturing EMEA B.V.KvK 34161132
- Starck International B.V.KvK 83316132
- Star Container Services B.V.KvK 24117944
- Star fysiotherapieKvK 70673748
- STAR Group Nederland B.V.KvK 22047014
- Starion Nederland B.V.KvK 51393069
- Stark NarrativeKvK 34377454
- Starnus Technology B.V.KvK 84281014
- Starodub B.V.KvK 60766743
- Starred B.V.KvK 55735452
- STAR Resources B.V.KvK 56266693
- Stars and Stories Nederland B.V.KvK 61733210
- Starskin Group B.V.KvK 54705290
- Star South International B.V.KvK 67453074
- Startmail B.V.KvK 67176925
- Startpagina Home & Thema's B.V.KvK 81782551
- Start PeopleKvK 29031500
- startselect B.V.KvK 52837610
- Starware B.V.KvK 29037906
- Stass B.V.KvK 93204906
- Statera Recruitment B.V.KvK 27319870
- Stater N.V.KvK 32073618
- State Street Bank International GmbH Amsterdam BranchKvK 58459235
- Station Satcom B.V.KvK 75427370
- Statkraft Markets B.V.KvK 33304386
- Statkraft Markets GmbH Netherlands BranchKvK 92299679
- Statkraft Renewables Benelux B.V.KvK 60257830
- STB Software Development B.V.KvK 87643359
- STBY B.V.KvK 33298534
- STC B.V.KvK 37053270
- STC - GroupKvK 41131703
- Stedin Groep Personeels B.V.KvK 24289165
- Stedin Netbeheer B.V.KvK 24289101
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.