Statistics (as of 1 January 2022)

Member Groups of the WPK are:

	1/1/15	1/1/19	1/1/20	1/1/21	1/1/22
Wirtschaftsprüfer	14,407	14,560	14,568	14,650	14,614
vereidigte Buchprüfer	3,085	2,516	2,377	2,252	2,135
Wirtschaftsprüfungs- gesellschaften	2,863	2,986	2,982	2,980	3,013
Buchführungs- gesellschaften	102	80	73	70	68
legal representatives of WPG and BPG who are not WPs or vBPs	907	1,010	1,044	1,080	1,076
Voluntary members	52	52	53	53	55
Total	21,416	21,204	21,097	21,085	20,961
Not included are 432 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	10,836	74.1	1,723	9,113
Economics degree	555	3.8	91	464
Law degree	712	4.9	71	641
Technical degree	38	0.2	7	31
Agricultural degree	41	0.3	6	35
Other degrees	1,589	10.9	522	1,067
Without university degree	843	5.8	224	619
Total	14,614	100.0	2,644	11,970

The Profession of vereidigte Buchprüfer

Educational background	Number	%	female	male
University degree
Business degree	825	38.6	88	737
Economics degree	58	2.7	9	49
Law degree	241	11.3	16	225
Technical degree	2	0.1	0	2
Agricultural degree	7	0.3	0	7
Other degrees	140	6.6	22	118
Without university degree	862	40.4	168	694
Total	2,135	100.0	303	1,832