DEGIRO

Germany Investing & brokers

Dutch-founded broker, now operating as DEGIRO within BaFin-regulated flatexDEGIRO Bank AG. Europe's leading retail broker with 3M+ customers across 15 European countries and access to 50+ exchanges at some of Europe's lowest trading fees.

Quick facts

Headquarters Frankfurt, Germany
Company flatexDEGIRO Bank AG (DEGIRO brand)
Founded 2013
Ownership Publicly traded
Hosting 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇳🇱 Netherlands
Infrastructure Own infrastructure
Data jurisdiction EU
Open source No
GDPR Compliant
Pricing Paid · from from €1/trade
Free tier No
Platforms Web, iOS, Android
Languages
ENNLDEFRITESPLPTDASVFICS
83 · Strongly European
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Why does it score 83?

Legal jurisdiction
EU member-state HQ
30/30
Ownership & control
Publicly traded, EU/EFTA HQ
15/25
Data sovereignty
Own infrastructure
30/30
Accountability & trust
GDPR compliant
8/15
EuroPoints total
83/100
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DEGIRO
Trade Republic
Scalable Capital
EuroPoints
83 Strongly European
65 Mostly European
65 Mostly European
Legal jurisdiction
EU member-state HQ30/30
EU member-state HQ30/30
EU member-state HQ30/30
Ownership & control
Publicly traded, EU/EFTA HQ15/25
VC-backed, no non-EU parent15/25
VC-backed, no non-EU parent15/25
Data sovereignty
Own infrastructure30/30
Mixed infrastructure12/30
Mixed infrastructure12/30
Accountability & trust
GDPR compliant8/15
GDPR compliant8/15
GDPR compliant8/15
Independence bonus
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Headquarters
Frankfurt, Germany
Berlin, Germany
Munich, Germany
Founded
2013
2015
2014
Open source
No
No
No
Infrastructure
Own infrastructure
Mixed infrastructure
Mixed infrastructure
GDPR
✓
✓
✓
Free tier
✗
✓
✓
Pricing
Paid · from €1/trade
Freemium · from Free
Freemium · from Free
Platforms
Web, iOS, Android
iOS, Android, Web
iOS, Android, Web
Languages
en, nl, de, fr, it, es, pl, pt, da, sv, fi, cs
en, de, fr, es, it, nl, pl, pt
en, de, fr, es, it, nl

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