Automated Visitor Counting

Visitor Counter

Automated visitor counting systems for venues, attractions, and public spaces. Track attendance with 98%+ accuracy, manage capacity in real time, and generate reports your stakeholders can trust. From £720 / $995 per location per year.

AI visitor counter system at a venue entrance

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The problem

Why You Need a Visitor Counter

No Visitor Numbers

Without a visitor counter, attendance figures rely on ticket sales or manual clickers. Walk-in visitors, group entries, and free admission periods go uncounted.

Capacity Guessing

Managing capacity without a visitor counter means relying on staff estimates. This leads to overcrowding during peaks and missed revenue opportunities during quiet periods.

Funder & Board Reports

Funding bodies and board members expect accurate visitor data. Without automated visitor counting, reports are estimates at best — undermining credibility and future funding.

Simple setup

How Visitor Counting Works

01

Install the Sensor

Mount the Hoxton AI visitor counter above your entrance in 15 minutes. Works in all lighting conditions and entrance types.

02

Count Every Visitor

The visitor counter uses AI vision to count every person entering and exiting with 98%+ accuracy — adults, children, and groups alike.

03

View Real-Time Data

Access visitor counting dashboards showing live attendance, peak hours, daily trends, and year-on-year comparisons.

04

Report & Optimise

Generate visitor reports for stakeholders, plan staffing around actual patterns, and measure the impact of exhibitions and events.

Visitor Counter Specifications

98%+

Visitor counting accuracy

15 min

Installation time

Real-time

Live visitor dashboards

GDPR

Privacy compliant

Everything You Need in One Package

Hoxton S1 overhead visitor counter sensor
AI Visitor Counter Sensor

Overhead S1 sensor installs in 15 minutes at each entrance. 98%+ accuracy for reliable attendance data.

Real-time visitor counting dashboard
Real-Time Dashboards

Live attendance, daily trends, year-on-year comparisons, and automated reports for stakeholders and funders.

API and data export platform
API & Data Export

Export visitor data to CSV or connect via API to your existing analytics, BMS, or digital signage systems.

Why 98%+ accuracy

Counting based on journey prediction, not simple line crossings

Most people counters fire a +1 the instant something crosses a beam or line. That's fast — but it's also why they overcount. Hoxton works differently: it uses an overhead view to recognise a complete in-view journey and only counts when the journey matches a real entry or exit.

Traditional counters

A single trigger = a count, every time the line is crossed.

Traditional people counter: a beam trigger counts every crossing, inflating the real number
  • Security guard pacing near the doorway? Counted repeatedly.
  • Customer steps in, hesitates, turns back out? Often counted twice.
  • Staff working near the entrance? Every pass inflates the number.

Result: counts drift upward anytime there's “doorway noise”.

Hoxton AI directional event counting

A count is only created when the system confirms a genuine entry/exit event.

Hoxton AI intent-verified counting: only genuine entries and exits are counted
  • Understands a person's in-view journey from arrival to departure.
  • Someone loops, pauses, or changes their mind? No false extra counts.
  • A count only registers when they arrive on one side and leave on the other — a real entry or exit.

Result: accurate footfall that matches what actually happened, not how many times a line was crossed.

How directional event and journey prediction works

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Step 1: Person enters the sensor's field of view

Detect

Person enters the field of view

A person is detected as they arrive in the overhead zone.

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Step 2: Movement is understood in context

Interpret

Movement is understood in context

The system evaluates whether the movement indicates entering, exiting, or lingering/turning back (including loops and hesitation).

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Step 3: Count only when the journey is complete

Confirm

Count only when the journey is complete

A count is recorded only when the person leaves the zone in the opposite direction — confirming a true entry/exit event, once.

Trusted by Leading Venues

Hoxton's visitor counter gives us accurate attendance data for the first time. Our board reports are now based on real numbers, not estimates.

Tate Modern

World-leading art gallery

The real-time visitor counting has transformed how we manage capacity across our parks. We can now proactively manage busy periods before they become problems.

Center Parcs

Leisure and hospitality group

Visitor Counter FAQ

See It in Action

Book a demo and we'll show you real dashboards from spaces like yours.