Statistics (as of 1 January 2024)

Member Groups of the WPK are:

	1/1/15	1/1/20	1/1/21	1/1/23	1/1/24
Wirtschaftsprüfer	14,407	14,568	14,650	14,653	14,950
vereidigte Buchprüfer	3,085	2,377	2,252	2,007	1,875
Wirtschaftsprüfungs- gesellschaften	2,863	2,982	2,980	3,031	3,028
Buchführungs- gesellschaften	102	73	70	70	64
legal representatives of WPG and BPG who are not WPs or vBPs	907	1,044	1,080	1,084	1,140
Voluntary members	52	53	53	55	55
Total	21,416	21,097	21,085	20,900	21,112
Not included are 389 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	10,453	69.9	1,680	8,773
Economics degree	524	3.5	86	438
Law degree	694	4.6	80	614
Technical degree	35	0.2	7	28
Agricultural degree	41	0.3	6	35
Other degrees	1,967	13.2	601	1,366
Without university degree	1,236	8.3	351	885
Total	14,950	100.0	2,811	12,139

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	733	39.1	141	592
Total	1,875	100.0	264	1,611