Statistics (as of 1 July 2019)

Member Groups of the WPK are:

	1/1/15	1/1/16	1/1/17	1/1/18	7/1/19
Wirtschaftsprüfer	14,407	14,389	14,392	14,492	14,739
vereidigte Buchprüfer	3,085	2,953	2,821	2,662	2,469
Wirtschaftsprüfungs- gesellschaften	2,863	2,890	2,928	2,974	2,995
Buchführungs- gesellschaften	102	102	96	93	76
legal representatives of WPG and BPG who are not WPs or vBPs	907	938	959	990	1,037
Voluntary members	52	53	52	52	53
Total	21,416	21,325	21,248	21,263	21,369
Not included are 491 members on leave of absense.

The members of the WPK have the following educational background:

The Profession of Wirtschaftsprüfer

Educational background	Number	%	female	male
University degree
Business degree	11,337	76.9	1,777	9,560
Economics degree	586	4.0	93	493
Law degree	743	5.0	72	671
Technical degree	43	0.3	9	34
Agricultural degree	40	0.3	6	34
Other degrees	1,292	8.8	435	857
Without university degree	698	4.7	168	530
Total	14,739	100.0	2,560	12,179

The Profession of vereidigte Buchprüfer

Educational background	Number	%	female	male
University degree
Business degree	940	38.1	101	839
Economics degree	66	2.7	9	57
Law degree	291	11.8	22	269
Technical degree	3	0.1	0	3
Agricultural degree	9	0.3	0	9
Other degrees	163	6.6	26	137
Without university degree	997	40.4	194	803
Total	2,469	100.0	381	2,117