Best brokers in Austria

Austria
Dividends and gains are taxed at 27.5%. An Austrian custodian, or the Austrian branch of a foreign bank such as Scalable Capital, withholds it and runs the automatic Verlustausgleich for you. With any other broker you report the income and claim the loss relief yourself.
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Brokers available in Austria

Checked on 28 September 2026. 12 brokers accept someone resident in Austria. What each one charges and how your assets are protected:

  • Bitpanda: European ETF €1, investor protection up to €20,000.
  • BUX: European ETF €0.99, investor protection up to €20,000.
  • eToro: European ETF 0%, investor protection up to €20,000.
  • Freedom24: European ETF €2 + €0.02 per share, investor protection up to €20,000.
  • Interactive Brokers: European ETF Fixed: 0.05% (min. €3); Tiered: 0.05% (min. €1.25), interest on uninvested cash 1.93%, investor protection up to €20,000.
  • Lightyear: European ETF 0%, investor protection up to €20,000.
  • Revolut: European ETF €1, investor protection up to €22,000.
  • Saxo: European ETF 0.08% (min. €2), investor protection up to €20,000.
  • Scalable Capital: European ETF €0, interest on uninvested cash 2.60%, investor protection up to €20,000.
  • Trade Republic: European ETF €1, interest on uninvested cash 2.50%, investor protection up to €20,000.
  • Trading 212: European ETF 0%, interest on uninvested cash 2.50% to 3.50%, investor protection up to €20,000.
  • XTB: European ETF 0%, interest on uninvested cash 1.10%, investor protection up to €20,100.

Five of them charge nothing to buy a European ETF: eToro, Lightyear, Scalable Capital, Trading 212 and XTB. The highest advertised interest on uninvested cash is 2.60% at Scalable Capital. Fees are the published retail prices. Currency conversion, custody and transfer costs are in the table above.

What to know if you live in Austria

Dividends and realised gains are taxed at 27.5% (§27a EStG). An Austrian custodian withholds the Kapitalertragsteuer, and so does the Austrian branch of a foreign bank: Scalable Capital opened one in Vienna on 8 October 2026. With any other broker the income goes in the Beilage E 1kv with your E 1 return. Losses on realised gains can be set against other capital income taxed at the special rate, never against bank deposit interest or against other kinds of income, and they cannot be carried into another year (§27(8) EStG).

One practical difference: only a domestic custodian, including the Austrian branch of a foreign bank, has to run the automatic Verlustausgleich across your accounts at that institution and refund the tax on losses (§93 EStG). With a broker that has no Austrian branch you claim that yourself. Investor compensation runs to €20,000 per investor.