The ZBW is the world’s largest specialist library for economics. 

Figures of the ZBW (2019):

• Holdings: 4.42 million books and other publications.
• Number of current journal subscriptions: 26,116 titles.
• Book acquisitions: 34,318.
• Newly acquired working papers: 16,794. 
• Number of datasets in the Online Catalogue: 6.09 million.
• Number of documents in the repository EconStor: 187,146.
• Number of staff: 271.
• Seat: The ZBW has two branches, one on the Firth of Kiel, the other on the Binnenalster in Hamburg.
• Legal form: foundation under public law.
• Founding year: 1919.
• Director: Professor Klaus Tochtermann
• Financing: The ZBW is financed jointly by the federal and state governments.
• Budget: 23.50 million EUR.
• The ZBW is a member of the  Leibniz Association.