Statistics (as of 1 July 2022)

Member Groups of the WPK are:

	1/1/15	1/1/20	1/1/21	1/1/22	7/1/22
Wirtschaftsprüfer	14,407	14,568	14,650	14,614	14,784
vereidigte Buchprüfer	3,085	2,377	2,252	2,135	2,073
Wirtschaftsprüfungs- gesellschaften	2,863	2,982	2,980	3,013	3,031
Buchführungs- gesellschaften	102	73	70	68	71
legal representatives of WPG and BPG who are not WPs or vBPs	907	1,044	1,080	1,076	1,080
Voluntary members	52	53	53	55	55
Total	21,416	21,097	21,085	20,961	21,094
Not included are 447 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	10,767	72.8	1,724	9,043
Economics degree	550	3.7	91	459
Law degree	710	4.8	73	637
Technical degree	38	0.3	7	31
Agricultural degree	41	0.3	6	35
Other degrees	1,742	11.8	555	1,187
Without university degree	936	6.3	254	682
Total	14,784	100.0	2,710	12,074

The Profession of vereidigte Buchprüfer

Educational background	Number	%	female	male
University degree
Business degree	805	38.8	86	719
Economics degree	57	2.8	9	48
Law degree	234	11.3	15	219
Technical degree	2	0.1	0	2
Agricultural degree	7	0.3	0	7
Other degrees	135	6.5	22	113
Without university degree	833	40.2	163	670
Total	2,073	100.0	295	1,778