Statistics (as of 1 January 2026)

Member Groups of the WPK

	1/1/15	1/1/20	1/1/24	1/1/25	1/1/26
Wirtschaftsprüfer	14,407	14,568	14,950	14,711	15,262
vereidigte Buchprüfer	3,085	2,377	1,875	1,726	1,597
Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaften	2,863	2,982	3,028	3,020	3,057
Buchführungsgesellschaften	102	73	64	62	57
legal representatives of WPG and BPG who are not WPs or vBPs	907	1,044	1,140	1,147	1,165
Voluntary members	52	53	55	56	54
Total	21,416	21,097	21,112	20,722	21,192

Not included are 337 members on leave of absense.

Educational background of members of the WPK

The Profession of Wirtschaftsprüfer

Educational background	Number	%	female	male
University degree
Business degree	10,021	65,7	1,628	8,393
Economics degree	483	3.2	81	402
Law degree	659	4.3	82	577
Technical degree	34	0.2	7	27
Agricultural degree	37	0.2	5	32
Other degrees	2,219	14.5	690	1,529
Without university degree	1,809	11,9	557	1.252
Total	15,262	100.0	3,050	12,212

The Profession of vereidigte Buchprüfer

Educational background	Number	%	female	male
University degree
Business degree	670	42,0	75	595
Economics degree	41	2,6	6	35
Law degree	179	11.2	12	167
Technical degree	2	0.1	0	2
Agricultural degree	7	0.4	0	7
Other degrees	99	6,2	16	83
Without university degree	599	37.5	113	486
Total	1,597	100.0	222	1,375