Side-by-side comparison

TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED vs IBM India Private Limited

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

IBM India Private Limited and TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED are both major H-1B sponsors. IBM India, based in North Carolina, has filed 48,627 H-1B cases since 2010 with an 80.9% certification rate and a 1.03% denial rate. TCS, headquartered in Maryland, has filed 126,291 cases over the same period with a 99.23% certification rate and a 0.15% denial rate.

TCS leads significantly on total filings—more than 2.6× IBM India's volume—and achieves a much higher certification rate, indicating stronger compliance with prevailing wage and labor condition standards. IBM India's denial rate is substantially higher at 1.03% versus TCS's 0.15%, reflecting stricter scrutiny of some IBM filings. Both companies have been active H-1B sponsors since 2010, establishing long histories in the visa program.

IBM India vs TCS H-1B
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Entity A

TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED

MDRank #2FEIN 98-0429806

Entity B

IBM India Private Limited

NCRank #10FEIN 52-2061430

Key metrics

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

Metric	TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED	IBM India Private Limited
Total filings	126,291▲	48,627
Certified %	99.23%▲	80.90%
Denied %	0.15%▲	1.03%
Withdrawn %	0.48%	11.90%
Cert-withdrawn %	0.13%	6.17%
Rank	#2▲	#10
Active years	FY2010–FY2026	FY2010–FY2024
Worksite state	MD	NC

Outcomes — TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED

DOL case-status mix.

Outcome breakdown
Outcome	Share
Certified	99.2%
Cert-withdrawn	0.1%
Withdrawn	0.5%
Denied	0.2%

Certified99.2%

Cert-withdrawn0.1%

Withdrawn0.5%

Denied0.2%

Outcomes — IBM India Private Limited

DOL case-status mix.

Outcome breakdown
Outcome	Share
Certified	80.9%
Cert-withdrawn	6.2%
Withdrawn	11.9%
Denied	1.0%

Certified80.9%

Cert-withdrawn6.2%

Withdrawn11.9%

Denied1.0%

Yearly filing volume

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

TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED

Time series
Period	Value
FY2010	1,006
FY2011	5,386
FY2012	6,672
FY2013	8,677
FY2014	13,744
FY2015	16,354
FY2016	13,017
FY2017	13,259
FY2018	14,522
FY2019	11,703
FY2020	23
FY2021	15
FY2022	11
FY2023	2,459
FY2024	9,708
FY2025	7,886
FY2026	1,849

IBM India Private Limited

Time series
Period	Value
FY2010	1,551
FY2011	1,044
FY2012	3,930
FY2013	3,443
FY2014	5,185
FY2015	10,232
FY2016	9,537
FY2017	8,482
FY2018	3,065
FY2019	2,107
FY2020	27
FY2021	21
FY2022	0
FY2023	2
FY2024	1
FY2025	0
FY2026	0

Top 5 occupations — TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED

115-1251Computer Programmers41,891
215-1252Software Developers24,056
315-1299Computer Occupations, All Other22,010
415-1253Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers8,681
515-1211Computer Systems Analysts5,952

Top 5 occupations — IBM India Private Limited

115-1252Software Developers19,957
215-1211Computer Systems Analysts5,943
315-1299Computer Occupations, All Other4,188
415-1251Computer Programmers3,908
515-1253Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers3,753

Swap an entity

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Swap A: TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED

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Swap B: IBM India Private Limited

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