Best brokers in Belgium

Belgium
The taxe sur les opérations de bourse is what changes with a broker abroad. A Belgian bank collects it for you. With a foreign securities account you are the one liable, and you pay it yourself unless the broker remits it.
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Brokers available in Belgium

Checked on 28 September 2026. 11 brokers accept someone resident in Belgium. 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.
  • DEGIRO: European ETF €1, 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.
  • Trade Republic: European ETF €1, interest on uninvested cash 2.50%, investor protection up to €20,000.
  • XTB: European ETF 0%, interest on uninvested cash 1.10%, investor protection up to €20,100.

Three of them charge nothing to buy a European ETF: eToro, Lightyear and XTB. The highest advertised interest on uninvested cash is 2.50% at Trade Republic. Fees are the published retail prices. Currency conversion, custody and transfer costs are in the table above.

What to know if you live in Belgium

Dividends carry 30% withholding, applied by a Belgian intermediary, with the first €833 a year exempt and reclaimed through your return; that exemption covers foreign dividends too (Wikifin, FSMA).

The rule that really changes things with a broker abroad is the taxe sur les opérations de bourse: 0.12% on bonds, 0.35% on shares and 1.32% on capitalisation shares of unlisted SICAVs, each with its own cap per transaction. A Belgian bank collects it for you. With a securities account abroad you are the one liable, and you have to pay it by the last working day of the second month after the transaction, unless the broker remits it on your behalf (Wikifin). Financial instruments are protected up to €20,000 per person per institution (Guarantee Fund).