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.
ApplyWave is not an employer or a recruitment agency. You apply to each employer directly — we find their contact and write your letter. Real employers never charge money for a job or a visa sponsorship.
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 W
295 employers- Withlocals B.V.KvK 58173382
- Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences B.V.KvK 08090958
- Witteveen+BosKvK 38020751
- Wittur B.V.KvK 39055241
- WMC EnergyKvK 65173821
- WMC Global Services B.V.KvK 90350065
- WM Handel B.V.KvK 80543731
- WNL Staal B.V.KvK 24304251
- WNS Global Services Netherlands B.V.KvK 34272863
- W&O Accountants en AdviseursKvK 14127351
- WOK Het Oosten Oriëntaal restaurant & partycateringKvK 31036418
- Wolf & CherryKvK 62400517
- Wolf Dikken AdviseursKvK 27155328
- Wolfpack Agency B.V.KvK 69950121
- Wolfpack DCS B.V.KvK 76928756
- Wolf Quality Services B.V.KvK 86689347
- Wolf Steel Europe B.V.KvK 51509970
- Wolterbeek International B.V.KvK 88227782
- Wolters Kluwer Financial Services Netherlands B.V.KvK 24250145
- Wolters Kluwer Global Business Services B.V.KvK 33181756
- Wolters Kluwer Nederland B.V.KvK 38013226
- Wolters Kluwer N.V.KvK 33202517
- Wolters Kluwer TAA Europe Cloud Strategy & Operations C.V.KvK 65956583
- Wolters Kluwer Tax and Accounting Nederland B.V.KvK 30173996
- Wolters Kluwer Tax and Accounting Technology B.V.KvK 52323072
- Wolters Kluwer Technology B.V.KvK 38014719
- Wolverine Europe B.V.KvK 34125356
- WOMO Architects B.V.KvK 71284443
- Womy equipment supply B.V.KvK 24277193
- Wonderflow B.V.KvK 60436050
- Wonderkind Technologies B.V.KvK 63255359
- Wonderland IndustryKvK 58179895
- Woningstichting Eigen HaardKvK 33006516
- Wonjin Europe B.V.KvK 34209692
- Wood Group UK Limited - The Netherlands BranchKvK 86412086
- Woodpacker Trading B.V.KvK 67449638
- WoodWing Software B.V.KvK 34134682
- Woodwork Amsterdam B.V.KvK 54901812
- Woonwerk Architecten Rotterdam B.V.KvK 56837968
- WOOV-IT B.V.KvK 69646082
- W&O Personeels-B.V.KvK 85574546
- WorkCo Netherlands Solutions B.V.KvK 82876916
- Workday B.V.KvK 53679660
- Workersbee Energy B.V.KvK 87226316
- WorkFlex International B.V.KvK 88717941
- WorkFloor B.V.KvK 62047140
- Working Talent B.V.KvK 67095615
- Workiva Netherlands B.V.KvK 58856609
- Workrate Holding B.V.KvK 24423146
- Works B.V.KvK 55808379
- WORKS B.V.KvK 67265502
- Workshop Holland B.V.KvK 64597911
- Workstreampeople B.V.KvK 32129927
- Workwize B.V.KvK 81053223
- WorldACD Market Data B.V.KvK 24249906
- World Asia Logistics B.V.KvK 34117104
- World Business Council for Sustainable DevelopmentKvK 85613606
- World Courier Holland B.V.KvK 34047295
- World Diamond Centre B.V.KvK 71365931
- World Fair Trade OrganizationKvK 40536675
- World First Netherlands B.V.KvK 72715898
- World Freight Logistics B.V.KvK 24335571
- World Learning Inc.KvK 34198778
- Worldline Digital CommerceKvK 34140462
- Worldline N.V.KvK 81217587
- World Marrow Donor AssociationKvK 40448326
- Worldpay B.V.KvK 60494344
- WorldPay LimitedKvK 51838133
- Worldwide Baggage Services B.V.KvK 34103489
- Worldwide Flight Services Holland B.V.KvK 54969565
- Worley Nederland B.V.KvK 24301248
- Worth IT Webdevelopment B.V.KvK 27248299
- Wouter Witzel EuroValve B.V.KvK 08137831
- W.P. Carey & Co. B.V.KvK 34304842
- WPP Media B.V.KvK 34108169
- WP SEO AI B.V.KvK 97296309
- W.P. van Acker B.V.KvK 33066198
- Wrangu B.V.KvK 66214122
- W.R. Fibers B.V.KvK 57661065
- WRI Europe StichtingKvK 65379446
- Wrist-Klevenberg Ship Supply NL B.V.KvK 24109658
- WS Architects B.V.KvK 74834258
- WSG Industrial Services B.V.KvK 04084042
- WSK Medical B.V.KvK 71216529
- WSM EngineeringKvK 13025024
- WSP Nederland B.V.KvK 20045963
- WTN B.V.KvK 59392835
- WTS Energy Holding B.V.KvK 08087968
- WTS Energy Services B.V.KvK 51985810
- wUrck architectuur stedenbouw landschap B.V.KvK 65676890
- Wurth Finance International B.V.KvK 16077661
- Wuunder Nederland B.V.KvK 65054253
- WWL ALS (Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics Abnormal Load Services) Nederland B.V.KvK 13039939
- WWT Netherlands B.V.KvK 54053676
- Wypoon Technologies B.V.KvK 74007807
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.