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

Figures of the ZBW (2022):

• Holdings: 4.27 million books and other publications.
• Number of current journal subscriptions: 25,107 titles.
• Book acquisitions: 533,009.
• Newly acquired working papers: 501,264. 
• Number of titles in EconBiz: 11.9 million.
• Number of documents in the repository EconStor: 245,000.
• Number of staff: 270.
• 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: 27.06 million EUR.
• The ZBW is a member of the  Leibniz Association.