Statistics (as of 1 July 2020)

Member Groups of the WPK are:

	1/1/17	1/1/18	1/1/19	1/1/20	7/1/20
Wirtschaftsprüfer	14,392	14,492	14,560	14,568	14,758
vereidigte Buchprüfer	2,821	2,662	2,662	2,377	2,328
Wirtschaftsprüfungs- gesellschaften	2,928	2,974	2,986	2,982	2,983
Buchführungs- gesellschaften	96	93	80	73	70
legal representatives of WPG and BPG who are not WPs or vBPs	959	990	1,010	1,044	1,063
Voluntary members	52	52	52	53	53
Total	21,248	21,263	21,204	21,097	21,255
Not included are 445 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	11,168	75.6	1,758	9,410
Economics degree	575	3.9	93	482
Law degree	734	5.0	70	664
Technical degree	42	0.3	9	33
Agricultural degree	40	0.3	6	34
Other degrees	1,425	9.7	472	953
Without university degree	774	5.2	198	576
Total	14,758	100.0	2,606	12,152

The Profession of vereidigte Buchprüfer

Educational background	Number	%	female	male
University degree
Business degree	897	38.5	96	801
Economics degree	62	2.7	9	53
Law degree	268	11.5	17	251
Technical degree	3	0.1	0	3
Agricultural degree	9	0.4	0	9
Other degrees	155	6.7	24	131
Without university degree	934	40.1	185	749
Total	2,328	100.0	381	1,997