DEGIRO

DEGIRO is an online broker that belongs to flatexDEGIRO, a listed company headquartered in Frankfurt am Main. DEGIRO started in Amsterdam in 2008, and flatex acquired it, with the legal merger into flatexDEGIRO Bank completed in 2021. DEGIRO is now the group platform for international European investors, and it states that it serves 3 million investors.

Features

• Trading in stocks, ETFs, bonds, options, futures and commodities on markets such as Euronext, Eurex, Xetra, Nasdaq and the London Stock Exchange
• A fee model where commission and handling costs apply per market and product
• Crypto trading, offered by the flatexDEGIRO group since January 2025
• Securities lending in selected countries

Good to know

The legal entity is flatexDEGIRO Bank, which is supervised by the German BaFin, with a Dutch branch registered with De Nederlandsche Bank. Fees depend on the market and the product, so a look at the price list before the first trade pays off. flatexDEGIRO is listed in the MDAX index, and founder Bernd Förtsch is a major shareholder without holding a majority.