Companies That Sponsor Visas in the Netherlands (2026)

About 13,000 organisations can sponsor a highly skilled migrant visa in the Netherlands, and most tech companies hiring there are among them. On 5 November 2026 we matched the IND's public register against 2,937 live Dutch job ads: 56% of those jobs are at a recognised sponsor. But fewer than 2% of the ads say they sponsor visas.

So the ad is the worst place to look for sponsorship. The register is the best. This guide lists the recognised sponsors with the most open roles right now, the 2026 salary thresholds, how to check any company yourself, and what to do when a company you like isn't on the list.

Which companies sponsor visas in the Netherlands right now?

These recognised sponsors had the most open Dutch roles on landed on 5 November 2026. Every one is on the IND register under at least one legal entity.

Company	Open roles in NL	Main roles	Registered as
Nebius	92	Software, product, finance	Nebius B.V.
Adyen	57	Software, product, finance	Adyen N.V., Adyen Netherlands B.V.
ASML	50	Security, hardware, software	ASML Netherlands B.V. and others
Schuberg Philis	45	Software, sales, security	Schuberg Philis B.V.
Databricks	40	Software, solutions, product	Databricks
Kyndryl	34	Software, AI/ML, data engineering	Kyndryl Nederland B.V.
Picnic	32	Design, software, marketing	Picnic Technologies B.V. and others
Xebia	31	Data engineering, software, AI/ML	Xebia Nederland B.V.
Optiver	28	Software, hardware, data engineering	Optiver Services B.V. and others
Mistral AI	27	AI/ML, software, research	Mistral AI NL B.V.
QuantWare	25	Hardware, sales, software	QuantWare B.V.
NXP Semiconductors	24	Hardware, software, research	NXP Semiconductors Netherlands B.V. and others
Wolters Kluwer	24	Product, sales, software	Wolters Kluwer N.V. and others
DataSnipper	23	Software, sales, customer success	DataSnipper B.V.
IMC Trading	21	Software, AI/ML, research	IMC B.V. and others
Qblox	21	Hardware, software, research	Qblox B.V.
Datadog	20	Sales, customer success, solutions	Datadog Netherlands B.V.
JetBrains	18	Software, AI/ML, product	JetBrains N.V.
Cisco	18	Sales, solutions, software	Cisco Netherlands B.V. and others
Flow Traders	16	Software, data engineering, trading	Flow Traders B.V. and others

Open roles change daily. You can see the current ones on our Netherlands visa sponsorship jobs page, or filter by role, for example software engineer jobs in the Netherlands.

If you're early in your career, the register matters even more. Across these sponsors, only 13% of open roles are entry-level or internships, and ASML (24), Picnic (14), NXP (10), Optiver (9) and IMC (9) account for most of them.

Does being a recognised sponsor mean every role sponsors?

No. Recognition means the company is allowed to sponsor. It doesn't mean it will for every role. Nebius is a good example: it's on the register, but 43 of its 92 Dutch ads say sponsorship isn't available for that particular role.

Here's what Dutch job ads say about visas overall:

What the ad says	Ads
Nothing about visas	2,757
Sponsorship not available	124
Sponsorship available	49
Case by case	7

Optiver is one of the few that says it clearly: 13 of its 28 Dutch ads state that visa sponsorship is available. For most companies you'll have to ask. A good time is the first recruiter call: "Can this role support a highly skilled migrant or Blue Card application, and which legal entity would employ me?"

What salary do you need for a Dutch work visa in 2026?

The salary test is the first thing the IND checks, and it's monthly, not annual. These are the 2026 amounts, gross per month and excluding the 8% holiday allowance:

Route	2026 minimum per month	Roughly per year (x12)
Highly skilled migrant, 30 or older	EUR 5,942	EUR 71,304
Highly skilled migrant, under 30	EUR 4,357	EUR 52,284
Highly skilled migrant, reduced (recent graduates)	EUR 3,122	EUR 37,464
EU Blue Card	EUR 5,942	EUR 71,304
EU Blue Card, reduced (recent graduates)	EUR 4,754	EUR 57,048

Three things trip people up:

• Under 30 is not the same as "reduced". The EUR 3,122 rate is for people who graduated recently, usually from a Dutch university or a top-ranked foreign master's or PhD, and apply within three years. Being young doesn't qualify you on its own.
• Holiday pay, bonuses and equity don't count. Dutch offers often quote an annual figure that includes the 8% holiday allowance. Ask for the fixed monthly gross in writing.
• Your age when you start counts. If you move to a new employer after turning 30, the higher threshold applies.

Very few Dutch ads show pay: only 125 of the 2,937 we checked. Of the 53 at recognised sponsors that did, the median starting figure was about EUR 75,000 a year. Most of those would clear the under-30 threshold, and a little over half the 30-and-older one, depending on how holiday pay is counted.

How do you check if a company is a recognised sponsor?

Search the IND public register of recognised sponsors. It lists each organisation's legal name and KVK (Chamber of Commerce) number, and is updated monthly. The copy we used is dated 3 November 2026 and has 13,089 entries.

Search by legal name, not brand. Big companies often have several entities: Adyen is listed as both Adyen N.V. and Adyen Netherlands B.V., and ASML under three names. If you can't find a company, try "Companyname Netherlands", "Companyname Nederland" or "Companyname B.V.", or ask the recruiter for the KVK number.

Some well-known companies hiring in the Netherlands didn't match the register under their brand name in our check, including n8n, Hibob and ElevenLabs. That doesn't prove they can't sponsor. They may hire through an entity with a different name, or through the Blue Card. It does mean you should ask early.

What if the company is not a recognised sponsor?

The EU Blue Card doesn't require the employer to be recognised. That opens up every company in the Netherlands, as long as you meet the Blue Card conditions:

• A higher-education degree of at least three years, or for IT roles, three years of relevant experience in the last seven.
• A job contract of at least six months.
• A salary of at least EUR 5,942 a month, or EUR 4,754 if you're a recent graduate.

The trade-off: the salary bar for under-30s is higher than the highly skilled migrant route, and the IND decision can take longer when the employer isn't recognised (up to 90 days rather than 30).

How does the highly skilled migrant process work from India?

Your employer applies, not you. For someone moving from India the usual steps are:

1. Offer and contract from a recognised sponsor, at or above the salary threshold.
2. The employer applies for your entry visa (MVV) and residence permit together. India isn't on the MVV exemption list, so you'll need one. The 2026 fee is EUR 423.
3. Decision. The legal limit is 90 days. For a complete application from a recognised sponsor, the IND aims for about two weeks.
4. Collect the MVV at the Dutch embassy or consulate in India and travel within 90 days.
5. TB test within three months of getting your residence permit. Indian nationals are not exempt.
6. Register with your Dutch municipality and collect your residence card.

Your partner can come with you and is free to work in the Netherlands without a separate permit. The partner fee is EUR 254.

If you lose your job, you normally get three months to find a new sponsor. Since 22 May 2026, that's up to six months if you've held the permit for at least two years.

Is the 30% ruling still available in 2026?

Yes, with changes coming. The expat ruling lets your employer pay up to 30% of your salary tax-free if you were recruited from more than 150 km from the Dutch border. In 2026 you need a taxable salary above EUR 48,013, or above EUR 36,497 if you're under 30 with a master's degree.

From 2027 the maximum drops to 27% for most people who started from 2024 onwards. People who were already using it before 2024 keep 30% for the rest of their term. When you compare offers, ask for a net pay figure that says which rate applies to you. The Tax Administration's page has the current rules.

Is it getting harder to get a Dutch work visa?

A bit, and the numbers are falling. The government's State of Migration reports count 21,550 highly skilled migrant permits granted in 2022 and 8,190 in 2025. India has been the top nationality in the wider knowledge and talent category every year from 2022 to 2025.

The government announced in July 2025 that it plans higher salary thresholds and stricter checks on sponsors, but as of November 2026 these are still plans. The 2026 thresholds above are what the IND applies today.

What to do next

• Pick roles at companies on the register first, and ask about sponsorship on the first call.
• Check your threshold: your age, whether you qualify for the reduced rate, and the fixed monthly salary in the offer.
• If you're also looking at Germany or the UK, see our guides to getting a tech job in Germany from India and the UK Skilled Worker visa.

landed searches company career pages for roles that fit your visa situation, and you can tell it which countries you're authorised to work in so it skips roles that won't work.

How we counted

We took every live job in landed's index located in the Netherlands on 5 November 2026: 2,937 roles at 534 companies, collected from company career pages, with duplicates removed. We matched company names to the IND public register of recognised sponsors (regular labour and highly skilled migrants) dated 3 November 2026, by legal name after removing suffixes such as B.V. and N.V., and checked the matches by hand. We left out matches we couldn't confirm were the same company. What an ad says about visas comes from our reading of the job description. Salary thresholds, fees and rules are from ind.nl and the Dutch Tax Administration as of November 2026. We'll update this page every month.