{"id":3998,"date":"2025-04-04T19:32:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T18:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/?p=3998"},"modified":"2025-04-04T19:36:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T18:36:31","slug":"broker-election-2025-these-are-the-winners-of-the-election-for-broker-of-the-year-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/en\/broker-election-2025-these-are-the-winners-of-the-election-for-broker-of-the-year-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Broker of the Year 2025 - these are the winners of the Broker of the Year 2025!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/@brokerwahl-e1609973748887-300x115.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/@brokerwahl-e1609973748887-300x115.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/@brokerwahl-e1609973748887-768x294.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/@brokerwahl-e1609973748887.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The Broker of the Year 2025 was a special anniversary: for the 25th time since 2001, traders, investors and investors were able to vote for their broker of the year. From March 1 to 31, 2025, over 87,000 participants cast their votes at www.brokerwahl.de.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There were numerous established providers and up-and-coming brokers to choose from in these six categories:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Online Broker of the Year<\/li>\n<li>Daytrade Broker of the Year<\/li>\n<li>ETF &amp; Funds Broker of the Year<\/li>\n<li>CFD Broker of the Year<\/li>\n<li>Forex Broker of the Year<\/li>\n<li>Crypto Broker of the Year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Compared to the previous year, there were four new frontrunners - only in the ETF &amp; Fund Broker of the Year category and in the CFD Broker of the Year category was the previous year's winner able to hold its own.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>As in previous years, there was a change in the top position in the main category of online brokers. flatex was able to beat last year's winner comdirect in second place and Consorsbank in third place.<\/li>\n<li>In the \"ETF &amp; Fund Broker\" category, flatex won the title for the fourth time in a row.<\/li>\n<li>Although Consorsbank did not win the title this year, it finished in the top 3 twice: third in the online broker category and third in the \"ETF &amp; fund broker\" category.<\/li>\n<li>In the \"Daytrade Broker of the Year 2025\" category, the trend of previous years remains unchanged: ActivTrades won ahead of the winner from 2024, justTRADE, and ahead of CMC Markets.<\/li>\n<li>ActivTrades also won the title in the \"Forex Broker of the Year 2025\" category<\/li>\n<li>Only the Kulmbach-based broker flatex was more successful in 2025, taking first place in a total of 3 categories<\/li>\n<li>XTB was able to repeat its successes of 2023 and 2024 and once again secure the title of \"CFD Broker of the Year\"<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Online broker of the year 2025<\/h3>\n<p>After the <a href=\"https:\/\/broker-test.de\/broker\/comdirect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comdirect<\/a> in 2024 the title of <a href=\"https:\/\/broker-test.de\/broker\/flatex\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flatex<\/a> this time, it was Kulmbacher that came out on top again, making them \"Online Broker of the Year 2025\". As in the previous year, 3rd place went to <a href=\"https:\/\/broker-test.de\/broker\/consorsbank\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Consorsbank<\/a> from Nuremberg. Fourth place went to Trade Republic, followed by Sparkassen Broker in 5th place. <a href=\"https:\/\/broker-test.de\/neo-broker\/neobroker-vergleich-trade-republic-scalable-smartbroker-justtrade-finanzen-net-zero-nextmarkets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NeoBroker<\/a> finanzen.net Zero, justTRADE and Smartbroker+ in sixth to eighth place. CMC Markets came ninth, ahead of IG in 10th place.<\/p>\n<p>Looking back over the last few years, the \"Online Broker of the Year\" category is still primarily a duel between flatex and comdirect.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4009 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Online.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1060\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Online.png 1060w, https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Online-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Online-1030x583.png 1030w, https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Online-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Online-18x10.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1060px) 100vw, 1060px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Day trading broker of the year 2025<\/h3>\n<p>Here could <a href=\"https:\/\/broker-test.de\/broker\/justtrade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">justTRADE<\/a> was unable to repeat last year's victory, but only narrowly missed out to ActivTrades, which secured the title of Day Trading Broker of the Year for the first time! CMC Markets came third. In no other category were the top three so close together as in the day trading broker category! These three were followed by <a href=\"https:\/\/broker-test.de\/broker\/trive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trive<\/a>Tickmill and <a href=\"https:\/\/broker-test.de\/broker\/lynx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LYNX<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4005\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Daytrade-1030x583-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1030\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Daytrade-1030x583-1.png 1030w, https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Daytrade-1030x583-1-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Daytrade-1030x583-1-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Daytrade-1030x583-1-18x10.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>ETF &amp; fund broker of the year 2025<\/h3>\n<p>As in the previous year, flatex also came first in the ETF &amp; Fund Broker category - although this time Quickborn-based comdirect took second place ahead of Consorsbank in third place.<\/p>\n<p>Trade Republic follows in 4th place ahead of <a href=\"https:\/\/broker-test.de\/broker\/finanzen-net-zero\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">finanzen.net Zero<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/broker-test.de\/broker\/sparkassen-broker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Savings Banks Broker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4006\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ETF-Fonds-1030x583-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1030\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ETF-Fonds-1030x583-1.png 1030w, https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ETF-Fonds-1030x583-1-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ETF-Fonds-1030x583-1-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ETF-Fonds-1030x583-1-18x10.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>CFD broker of the year 2025<\/h3>\n<p>In the CFD Broker of the Year category <a href=\"https:\/\/broker-test.de\/broker\/x-trade-brokers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">XTB<\/a> repeat last year's success. In 2nd place <a href=\"https:\/\/broker-test.de\/broker\/cmc-markets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CMC Markets<\/a> ahead of comdirect, which is among the top 3 in a total of three categories.<\/p>\n<p>ActivTrades, IG and Pepperstone follow in the next places, <a href=\"https:\/\/broker-test.de\/broker\/wh-selfinvest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WH SelfInvest<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/broker-test.de\/broker\/libertex\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Libertex<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4004\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/CFD-1030x583-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1030\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/CFD-1030x583-1.png 1030w, https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/CFD-1030x583-1-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/CFD-1030x583-1-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/CFD-1030x583-1-18x10.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Forex broker of the year 2025<\/h3>\n<p>In the \"Forex Broker of the Year\" category <a href=\"https:\/\/broker-test.de\/broker\/activtrades\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ActivTrades<\/a> After winning in 2023 and coming second in 2024, the title was once again taken from <a href=\"https:\/\/broker-test.de\/broker\/pepperstone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pepperstone<\/a> who came second this year.  CMC Markets came third, improving significantly from 5th place. IG followed in 4th to 6th place, <a href=\"https:\/\/broker-test.de\/broker\/tickmill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickmill<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/broker-test.de\/broker\/trade-com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trade.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4007\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Forex-1030x583-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1030\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Forex-1030x583-1.png 1030w, https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Forex-1030x583-1-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Forex-1030x583-1-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Forex-1030x583-1-18x10.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Crypto broker of the year 2025<\/h3>\n<p>The title \"Crypto Broker of the Year\" was awarded for the fourth time in 2025 - this year, flatex took first place for the first time! Frankfurt-based neobroker justTRADE, the winner of the last three years, was only just behind in second place. Trade Republic followed in third place ahead of <a href=\"https:\/\/broker-test.de\/broker\/finanzen-net-zero\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">finanzen.net Zero<\/a>, IG and Tickmill.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4008\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Krypto-1030x583-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1030\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Krypto-1030x583-1.png 1030w, https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Krypto-1030x583-1-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Krypto-1030x583-1-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Krypto-1030x583-1-18x10.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong>With a total of 4 changes at the top in the categories Online Broker of the Year, Daytrade Broker of the Year, Forex Broker of the Year and Crypto Broker of the Year, the German brokerage market is still very much on the move!<\/p>\n<p>Here you can go directly to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brokerwahl.de\/brokerwahl-2025-ergebnisse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Final result of the broker selection 2025<\/a> with all brokers and placements.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Die Brokerwahl 2025 war ein besonderes Jubil\u00e4um: Zum 25. Mal seit 2001 konnten Trader, Anleger und Investoren \u00fcber ihren Broker des Jahres abstimmen. Vom 1. bis 31. M\u00e4rz 2025 gaben \u00fcber 87.000 Teilnehmer auf www.brokerwahl.de ihre Stimme ab. In diesen sechs Kategorien standen zahlreiche etablierte Anbieter und aufstrebende Broker zur Wahl: Online Broker des Jahres [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2596,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,72],"tags":[241,95,92,59,248,208,207,239,240,249,250,243],"class_list":["post-3998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-pressemitteilungen","tag-activtrades","tag-broker","tag-broker-des-jahres","tag-brokerwahl","tag-cmc-markets","tag-comdirect","tag-consorsbank","tag-flatex","tag-justtrade","tag-pepperstone","tag-traderepublic","tag-xtb","wpbf-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3998"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4013,"href":"https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3998\/revisions\/4013"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ernsting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}