Crypto license cost comparison by country: Licence Fee Table

The Licence Fee Table carries 1 published figure read from 2 sources' own pages, from 8,450 to 8,450 GBP, read 26 September 2026.

8,450 GBP Median of the published figures unchanged since 25 Sept 2026 middle half 8,450 to 8,450 GBP
8,450 to 8,450 GBP Range a 0 GBP spread; quartiles 8,450 and 8,450
1 Sources with a figure of 20 read in full, 26 Sept 2026
2 of 20 Sources read that publish one 10% publish a figure at all
  1. FCA - authorisation and registration application fees225,170 GBP
  2. FCA - authorisation and registration application fees112,590 GBP
  3. FCA - authorisation and registration application fees56,300 GBP
  4. FCA - authorisation and registration application fees28,150 GBP
  5. FCA - authorisation and registration application fees11,260 GBP
  6. FCA - authorisation and registration application fees5,640 GBP
  7. FCA - authorisation and registration application fees2,820 GBP
  8. FCA - authorisation and registration application fees1,130 GBP
  9. FCA - authorisation and registration application fees560 GBP
  10. FCA - authorisation and registration application fees280 GBP
One figure per source, highest first.median 8,450 GBP
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RowValue
FCA - authorisation and registration application fees225,170 GBP
FCA - authorisation and registration application fees112,590 GBP
FCA - authorisation and registration application fees56,300 GBP
FCA - authorisation and registration application fees28,150 GBP
FCA - authorisation and registration application fees11,260 GBP
FCA - authorisation and registration application fees5,640 GBP
FCA - authorisation and registration application fees2,820 GBP
FCA - authorisation and registration application fees1,130 GBP
FCA - authorisation and registration application fees560 GBP
FCA - authorisation and registration application fees280 GBP

2 of the 20 named sources read in full publish a figure; 18 publish none, read 26 September 2026.

The median is unchanged since 25 September 2026 (was 8,450 GBP across 10).

By jurisdiction

BreakdownMedianRangeSources
jurisdiction United Kingdom8,450 GBP8,450 to 8,450 GBP1
jurisdiction Netherlands100,000 EUR100,000 to 100,000 EUR1

Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.

SourceFigureBreakdownRead
FCA - authorisation and registration application fees 225,170 GBP United Kingdom 2026-09-26
FCA - authorisation and registration application fees 112,590 GBP United Kingdom 2026-09-26
AFM (Netherlands) - cost of licensing or notification 100,000 EUR Netherlands 2026-09-26
FCA - authorisation and registration application fees 56,300 GBP United Kingdom 2026-09-26
FCA - authorisation and registration application fees 28,150 GBP United Kingdom 2026-09-26
FCA - authorisation and registration application fees 11,260 GBP United Kingdom 2026-09-26
FCA - authorisation and registration application fees 5,640 GBP United Kingdom 2026-09-26
FCA - authorisation and registration application fees 2,820 GBP United Kingdom 2026-09-26
FCA - authorisation and registration application fees 1,130 GBP United Kingdom 2026-09-26
FCA - authorisation and registration application fees 560 GBP United Kingdom 2026-09-26
FCA - authorisation and registration application fees 280 GBP United Kingdom 2026-09-26
The sentence each figure was read from (11)

Read in full, publishes no figure

18 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.

Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through the estate's fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).

2 of the 20 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 18 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 4 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.

The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 33 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.

Derivation as chartered: one row per regime per fee, each read from the authority's own fee instrument with its currency and effective date, then NORMALISED - application fee and first-year supervision fee converted to one currency on a dated rate, and the per-activity multipliers (VARA charges per VA activity, Malta by service class, Cyprus a fixed plus a turnover-linked variable) expanded into what a named business model actually pays.

That comparison is the thing no regulator publishes and every adviser publishes differently: the ranked table of what the STATE charges, separated from what an adviser charges, with the regimes that publish no fee at all marked as such rather than dropped

33 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.

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The Licence Fee Table carries 1 published figure read from 2 sources' own pages, from 8,450 to 8,450 GBP, read 26 September 2026.

2 of the 20 named sources read in full publish a figure; 18 publish none, read 26 September 2026.

Licence Fee Table, jurisdiction United Kingdom: median 8,450 GBP across 1 source, read 26 September 2026.

Licence Fee Table, jurisdiction Netherlands: median 100,000 EUR across 1 source, read 26 September 2026.

The median is unchanged since 25 September 2026 (was 8,450 GBP across 10).

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8,450 to 8,450 GBP

1 published figures, Licence Fee Table, across 2 sources, read 26 September 2026

Source: cryptolicencecosts.com Licence Fee Table

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