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.
All recognised sponsors
13,018 employers- Kingdom Culture CommunicationKvK 76279111
- King Environmental Services LimitedKvK 64091899
- Kingspan B.V.KvK 11014334
- Kingspan Insulation B.V.KvK 11053542
- Kingspan Light + Air Netherlands B.V.KvK 16059145
- Kinkelder B.V.KvK 09030704
- Kinly BeneluxKvK 20093227
- Kintetsu World Express (Benelux) B.V.KvK 34072948
- Kintetsu World Express (EA) B.V.KvK 34241688
- KINTO Europe B.V.KvK 65760085
- Kiremko B.V.KvK 30087348
- Kirloskar Pompen B.V.KvK 34301519
- Kisters Nederland B.V.KvK 58545042
- Kistos NL2 B.V.KvK 63654954
- Kisuma Chemicals B.V.KvK 02061424
- Kiswire Neptune Hyrope B.V.KvK 65397924
- Kite Pharma EU B.V.KvK 61068225
- Kiwa Assurance B.V.KvK 23059445
- Kiwa Nederland B.V.KvK 08090048
- Kiwa NL Holding B.V.KvK 08105943
- Kiwa N.V.KvK 27039108
- Kiwa Services B.V.KvK 23040253
- Kiwatt B.V.KvK 78046831
- Kiwi.com NL B.V.KvK 85622214
- Klarna B.V.KvK 50315250
- Klarrio B.V.KvK 69097194
- KlaverOmega B.V.KvK 28103468
- Klein Nederland Trading B.V.KvK 72036028
- Klets B.V.KvK 63001217
- Klever Mobility NL B.V.KvK 64742172
- Kleynen Consultants B.V.KvK 72989793
- Kleyn Group B.V.KvK 11032895
- KLG Europe Venlo B.V.KvK 12017610
- Klikkie B.V.KvK 68840853
- Kling Biotherapeutics B.V.KvK 81812256
- Klip B.V.KvK 29018732
- Klippa App B.V.KvK 74785834
- KLK Kolb Specialties B.V.KvK 06005765
- KLN Logistics Holding B.V.KvK 04078209
- Klook Travel Technology B.V.KvK 71097937
- Klup B.V.KvK 65923685
- KLUSUP B.V.KvK 57214999
- Kluwer Law InternationalKvK 27152618
- KMG EP Netherlands Energy Coöperatief U.A.KvK 34284345
- KMG International N.V.KvK 24297754
- KMNL Lodestar Shipping B.V.KvK 34315904
- KMS B.V.KvK 34112710
- KMWE Precision B.V.KvK 17054389
- Knauf B.V.KvK 30051670
- KNAV audit B.V.KvK 31038934
- KNAV Netherlands B.V.KvK 73269921
- KNAWKvK 54667089
- KNCV Koninklijke Nederlandse Centrale Vereniging tot Bestrijding der TuberculoseKvK 40408837
- Kneppelhout & Korthals N.V.KvK 24415637
- KNMI (Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut)KvK 30276595
- KnoDTec solutions B.V.KvK 87339048
- Knoell NL B.V.KvK 30238674
- KnowBe4 NL, B.V.KvK 70341648
- Knowledge Values B.V.KvK 18071587
- Known-You Seed Europe B.V.KvK 96111895
- KNOX IP B.V.KvK 30061502
- KNVBKvK 40478591
- Koalitix Technology B.V.KvK 84987715
- Koan Group B.V.KvK 75354632
- Kobelco Construction Machinery Europe B.V.KvK 58071792
- Kobelco Welding of Europe B.V.KvK 14050072
- KOC VleeswarenKvK 27094573
- Kodify B.V.KvK 70138028
- Koeleman accountants & belastingadviseurs B.V.KvK 28099585
- Koenig Solutions B.V.KvK 80597084
- Koers B.V.KvK 89732103
- KOERS! strategische accountants B.V.KvK 68178247
- Kohyo Holland B.V.KvK 34074245
- Koike Europe B.V.KvK 35023642
- KoinWorx B.V.KvK 69885397
- Kok Experience Harderwijk B.V.KvK 39079721
- Kok Groep Personeel B.V.KvK 88004538
- Koks Group B.V.KvK 37129526
- KOMIPO Europe B.V.KvK 75645297
- KommaGo B.V.KvK 32079458
- KOMM Professionals B.V.KvK 84654635
- Komori International (Europe) B.V.KvK 30086624
- Kompros C.V.KvK 89520858
- Konax Infra B.V.KvK 68039174
- Kone B.V.KvK 27075288
- Konecranes B.V.KvK 36048659
- Konecranes Software B.V.KvK 27197330
- Konekti Development B.V.KvK 91172101
- Kongsberg Maritime Netherlands B.V.KvK 02053188
- Koni B.V.KvK 23012798
- Konica Minolta Business Solutions EuropeKvK 30228605
- Konica Minolta Sensing Europe B.V.KvK 30211392
- Koning & Hartman B.V.KvK 34222312
- Koninklijk ConcertgebouworkestKvK 41199917
- Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V.KvK 35000363
- Koninklijke Bam Groep N.V.KvK 30058019
- Koninklijke Boon Edam International B.V.KvK 37094070
- Koninklijke Brill B.V.KvK 28000012
- Koninklijke Bunge B.V.KvK 24020546
- Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.KvK 01045536
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.