Statistics (as of 1 July 2021)

Member Groups of the WPK are:

	1/1/15	1/1/19	1/1/20	1/1/21	7/1/21
Wirtschaftsprüfer	14,407	14,560	14,568	14,650	14,799
vereidigte Buchprüfer	3,085	2,516	2,377	2,252	2,205
Wirtschaftsprüfungs- gesellschaften	2,863	2,986	2,982	2,980	3,008
Buchführungs- gesellschaften	102	80	73	70	69
legal representatives of WPG and BPG who are not WPs or vBPs	907	1,010	1,044	1,080	1,078
Voluntary members	52	52	53	53	54
Total	21,416	21,204	21,097	21,085	21,213
Not included are 424 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	10,981	74.2	1,741	9,240
Economics degree	564	3.8	91	473
Law degree	725	4.9	70	655
Technical degree	41	0.3	8	33
Agricultural degree	41	0.3	6	35
Other degrees	1,588	10.7	526	1,062
Without university degree	859	5.8	228	631
Total	14,799	100.0	2,670	12,129

The Profession of vereidigte Buchprüfer

Educational background	Number	%	female	male
University degree
Business degree	851	38.6	89	762
Economics degree	61	2.7	9	52
Law degree	250	11.3	16	234
Technical degree	2	0.1	0	2
Agricultural degree	8	0.4	0	8
Other degrees	147	6.7	24	123
Without university degree	886	40.2	171	715
Total	2,205	100.0	309	1,896