Statistics (as of 1 January 2023)

Member Groups of the WPK are:

	1/1/15	1/1/20	1/1/21	1/1/22	1/1/23
Wirtschaftsprüfer	14,407	14,568	14,650	14,614	14,653
vereidigte Buchprüfer	3,085	2,377	2,252	2,135	2,007
Wirtschaftsprüfungs- gesellschaften	2,863	2,982	2,980	3,013	3,031
Buchführungs- gesellschaften	102	73	70	68	70
legal representatives of WPG and BPG who are not WPs or vBPs	907	1,044	1,080	1,076	1,084
Voluntary members	52	53	53	55	55
Total	21,416	21,097	21,085	20,961	20,900
Not included are 425 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	10,646	72.6	1,710	8,936
Economics degree	541	3.7	90	451
Law degree	697	4.8	74	623
Technical degree	38	0.3	7	31
Agricultural degree	41	0.3	6	35
Other degrees	1,749	11.9	559	1,190
Without university degree	941	6.4	251	690
Total	14,653	100.0	2,697	11,956

The Profession of vereidigte Buchprüfer

Educational background	Number	%	female	male
University degree
Business degree	790	39.3	83	707
Economics degree	54	2.7	9	45
Law degree	223	11.1	14	209
Technical degree	2	0.1	0	2
Agricultural degree	7	0.4	0	7
Other degrees	130	6.5	22	108
Without university degree	801	39.9	159	642
Total	2,007	100.0	287	1,720