Statistics (as of 1 January 2020)

Member Groups of the WPK are:

	1/1/15	1/1/16	1/1/17	1/1/18	1/1/20
Wirtschaftsprüfer	14,407	14,389	14,392	14,492	14,568
vereidigte Buchprüfer	3,085	2,953	2,821	2,662	2,377
Wirtschaftsprüfungs- gesellschaften	2,863	2,890	2,928	2,974	2,982
Buchführungs- gesellschaften	102	102	96	93	73
legal representatives of WPG and BPG who are not WPs or vBPs	907	938	959	990	1,044
Voluntary members	52	53	52	52	53
Total	21,416	21,325	21,248	21,263	21,097
Not included are 471 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	11,207	76.9	1,763	9,444
Economics degree	582	4.0	94	488
Law degree	728	5.0	70	658
Technical degree	43	0.3	9	34
Agricultural degree	40	0.3	6	34
Other degrees	1,272	8.7	423	849
Without university degree	696	4.8	169	527
Total	14,568	100.0	2,534	12,034

The Profession of vereidigte Buchprüfer

Educational background	Number	%	female	male
University degree
Business degree	910	38.3	96	814
Economics degree	64	2.7	9	55
Law degree	280	11.8	21	259
Technical degree	3	0.1	0	3
Agricultural degree	9	0.4	0	9
Other degrees	157	6.6	24	133
Without university degree	954	40.1	188	766
Total	2,377	100.0	381	2,039