Footfall Counting

Accurate people counting using your existing CCTV

People counting you can rely on
Used at scale by major retailers

Glimpse uses computer vision to turn your in-store cameras into a high-accuracy footfall counting system. Delivers reliable footfall data, conversion insights and estate-wide analytics without installing new sensors.

How it works
From movement to insight in three steps

Capture

We receive frames from your existing CCTV cameras

Detect

Our AI-based computer vision model detects people and creates anonymised position data

Track

A persistent ID follows each person within the view for clean and accurate counts

What can you do with it?
Improve service and efficiency with real-time data
Increase your capture rate by testing window displays and media Grow conversion by fixing dead zones and poor sight lines Protect service speed by alerting on queues before they spike Match staffing to real peaks by hour and day Prove campaign uplift with clean before-and-after data Benchmark formats and regions to find the next win fast
Why Glimpse?

Proven high accuracy

Our computer vision models are optimised for real retail environments, handling crowds, partial occlusion and challenging lighting to deliver up to 98% accuracy on accepted camera views.

More than just footfall

Measure passers-by, in-store dwell time, queues and customer flow. Giving you the data needed to understand your full store conversion funnel.

Privacy-safe by design

No video is stored and no personal data is captured. The system only processes anonymised bounding-box data, simplifying GDPR compliance.

Built for multi-store retailers

Aggregate and compare performance across your estate, benchmark stores, and integrate data directly into your analytics stack with our API.

Your data, your way

Query and report on your data using the Glimpse dashboard, or integrate with your own systems using our API.

Footfall

Report on footfall counts across your estate, down to 15-minute level resolution

Dwell

Count entries and measure average and total dwell time for any zone

Heatmaps

Visualise exactly where customers spend time within your stores

Trusted by leading retailers

Glimpse is trusted by leading retailers including M&S, Harrods, and Hotel Chocolat

FAQs
  • What hardware do we need?
    Your existing IP CCTV in most sites. We assess each view during scoping.
  • Do you store video?
    No. We process frames and keep anonymised coordinates only.
  • How accurate is it?
    We validate each accepted camera view against a human count before launch.
  • How do you price it?
    Pricing reflects number of cameras, stores, and features. Ask for a pilot quote