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

Figures of the ZBW (2016):

• Holdings: 4.43 million books and other publications.
• Number of current journal subscriptions: 27,119 titles.
• Book acquisitions: 42,879.
• Newly acquired working papers: 24,600. 
• Number of datasets in the Online Catalogue: 5.58 million.
• Number of documents in the repository EconStor: 127,155.
• Number of staff: 280.
• 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: 22.56 million EUR.
• The ZBW is a member of the  Leibniz Association.