Statistics (as of 1 January 2025)

Member Groups of the WPK are:

	1/1/15	1/1/21	1/1/23	1/1/24	1/1/25
Wirtschaftsprüfer	14,407	14,650	14,653	14,950	14,711
vereidigte Buchprüfer	3,085	2,252	2,007	1,875	1,726
Wirtschaftsprüfungs- gesellschaften	2,863	2,980	3,031	3,028	3,020
Buchführungs- gesellschaften	102	70	70	64	62
legal representatives of WPG and BPG who are not WPs or vBPs	907	1,080	1,084	1,140	1,147
Voluntary members	52	53	55	55	56
Total	21,416	21,085	20,900	21,112	20,722
Not included are 357 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	10,205	69.4	1,654	8,551
Economics degree	505	3.4	86	419
Law degree	669	4.5	80	589
Technical degree	33	0.2	7	26
Agricultural degree	39	0.3	5	34
Other degrees	1,996	13.6	611	1,385
Without university degree	1,264	8.6	371	893
Total	14,711	100.0	2,814	11,897

The Profession of vereidigte Buchprüfer

Educational background	Number	%	female	male
University degree
Business degree	750	40.0	80	670
Economics degree	51	2.7	8	43
Law degree	213	11.4	13	200
Technical degree	2	0.1	0	2
Agricultural degree	7	0.4	0	7
Other degrees	119	6.3	22	97
Without university degree	664	38.5	125	539
Total	1,726	100.0	244	1,482