Side-by-side comparison

Accenture LLP vs Microsoft Corporation

A direct H-1B sponsorship comparison built from the same DOL Labor Condition Application data that drives every page on H1B Report. Total filings, outcome rates, top occupations and yearly demand side-by-side.

Summary

Accenture LLP (Illinois) and Microsoft Corporation (Washington) are among the largest H-1B sponsors in the United States. Over the period from 2010 to 2026, Accenture filed 57,231 petitions while Microsoft filed 70,316—making Microsoft the larger filer by volume.

On certification outcomes, Accenture leads with a 98.15% all-time certification rate and a 0.25% denial rate. Microsoft's certification rate stands at 94.15%, with a lower denial rate of 0.12%. Both employers maintain strong approval records, though Accenture achieves a higher proportion of certified cases despite Microsoft's greater filing volume.

Both companies have been active H-1B sponsors consistently since 2010, reflecting their ongoing reliance on skilled foreign-national talent in technology and professional services roles.

Accenture vs Microsoft H-1B
H-1B sponsor comparison
Accenture H-1B filings
Microsoft H-1B petitions
H-1B certification rates

Entity A

Accenture LLP

ILRank #10FEIN 72-0542904

Entity B

Microsoft Corporation

WARank #5FEIN 91-1144442

Key metrics

All percentages are share of total LCAs filed by each sponsor.

Metric	Accenture LLP	Microsoft Corporation
Total filings	58,477	72,912▲
Certified %	98.13%▲	94.30%
Denied %	0.27%	0.15%▲
Withdrawn %	0.77%	0.69%
Cert-withdrawn %	0.83%	4.85%
Rank	#10	#5▲
Active years	FY2010–FY2026	FY2010–FY2026
Worksite state	IL	WA

Outcomes — Accenture LLP

DOL case-status mix.

Outcome breakdown
Outcome	Share
Certified	98.1%
Cert-withdrawn	0.8%
Withdrawn	0.8%
Denied	0.3%

Certified98.1%

Cert-withdrawn0.8%

Withdrawn0.8%

Denied0.3%

Outcomes — Microsoft Corporation

DOL case-status mix.

Outcome breakdown
Outcome	Share
Certified	94.3%
Cert-withdrawn	4.9%
Withdrawn	0.7%
Denied	0.2%

Certified94.3%

Cert-withdrawn4.9%

Withdrawn0.7%

Denied0.2%

Yearly filing volume

Year-over-year H-1B demand for each sponsor.

Accenture LLP

Time series
Period	Value
FY2010	193
FY2011	1,059
FY2012	2,313
FY2013	4,803
FY2014	5,095
FY2015	8,671
FY2016	8,618
FY2017	6,260
FY2018	6,065
FY2019	5,392
FY2020	377
FY2021	353
FY2022	250
FY2023	1,352
FY2024	3,360
FY2025	2,921
FY2026	1,395

Microsoft Corporation

Time series
Period	Value
FY2010	4,407
FY2011	4,184
FY2012	4,005
FY2013	3,832
FY2014	3,674
FY2015	4,476
FY2016	4,919
FY2017	4,884
FY2018	5,457
FY2019	6,000
FY2020	51
FY2021	110
FY2022	150
FY2023	2,791
FY2024	9,492
FY2025	9,362
FY2026	5,118

Top 5 occupations — Accenture LLP

115-1211Computer Systems Analysts17,224
215-1251Computer Programmers10,642
315-1253Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers8,826
415-1232Computer User Support Specialists6,512
515-1299Computer Occupations, All Other4,243

Top 5 occupations — Microsoft Corporation

115-1252Software Developers41,348
215-1253Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers6,356
315-1299Computer Occupations, All Other4,801
415-2051Data Scientists3,865
515-2031Operations Research Analysts2,658

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