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What Is Footfall Counting? A Complete Field Guide

Footfall Counting explained: what a field team checks, what you receive and when businesses in Mumbai use it.

4 min read · By the FieldVisit operations team

Footfall Counting

Short answer

What is footfall Counting?

Footfall Counting is a field service in which a trained team counting people passing or entering a site at set time slots to judge location potential or campaign reach. You share the locations and instructions; the team completes the visits, the evidence is reviewed, and you receive one consolidated report.

At a glance

What this covers
What the service is and how a visit runs
Division
Business field services · Market Surveys
Checklist points
5 standard checks
Report outputs
4 deliverables
Coverage
Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Panvel
Read time
4 min

What you will learn

  • Footfall Counting in simple terms — Counting people passing or entering a site at set time slots to judge location potential or campaign reach
  • What the field team checks — 5 points you can lift straight into your own brief
  • What you receive — 4 points you can lift straight into your own brief

Footfall Counting in simple terms

Counting people passing or entering a site at set time slots to judge location potential or campaign reach. It gives you independent, on-the-ground evidence instead of relying on self-reported updates from outlets, vendors or staff.

In Mumbai and its neighbouring cities, footfall Counting is usually run as a batch across many addresses, so route planning, consistent checklists and evidence review matter as much as the visit itself.

What the field team checks

  • Counting slots as per plan
  • Passers-by vs entries
  • Gender and age bands if required
  • Peak and lean hours
  • Weather and disruption notes

What you receive

  • Hour-wise footfall sheet
  • Peak-hour chart
  • Site photographs
  • Comparison across sites

How a visit is run

  1. Addresses are grouped into routes by area and travel time
  2. The field person works through the 5-point checklist on site
  3. Photographs are captured against the points that need proof
  4. Every photograph and answer carries the job ID and location ID
  5. A supervisor reviews the submission and queries anything unclear
  6. Visits that could not be completed are marked with a reason for a revisit decision
  7. Completed visits are consolidated into one report

What to share before the visits

  • Location list with addresses and contact names
  • Checklist or instructions
  • Required photographs and evidence
  • Reporting deadline and format

When businesses use it

  • Before paying a vendor, installer or agency
  • After a campaign, installation or launch
  • On a recurring schedule for compliance
  • When an exception or complaint needs independent confirmation

Key takeaways

  • Footfall Counting replaces self-reported updates with a visit record: 5 checklist points, photographs and one consolidated report.
  • The checklist runs from counting slots as per plan to weather and disruption notes, with evidence recorded against the points that decide the outcome.
  • You receive 4 outputs: Hour-wise footfall sheet, Peak-hour chart, Site photographs, Comparison across sites.
  • Photographs are geo-tagged and time-stamped, every submission is reviewed by a supervisor and a random sample is back-checked — which is what makes a market surveys record worth quoting internally.
  • Visits run across Mumbai City, the Western and Eastern Suburbs, Thane, Navi Mumbai and Panvel, and assignments typically start within one to three working days of a complete brief.

What to do next

If footfall Counting looks right for your situation, these are the three things a field team needs from you before the first visit.

01

Scope

Put the location list together

Full addresses with a pin code, and a contact name where you have one. Location list with addresses and contact names is the first thing asked for.

02

Checklist

Fix the 5 points you want answered

Start from the list above — counting slots as per plan — then add or delete points so nothing is left to a field person's interpretation.

03

Evidence

Say what proof you want back

Hour-wise footfall sheet is the standard output. Anything beyond that is easier to agree now than after the first batch.

Before you send it

Starting footfall counting

Assignments typically start within one to three working days of a complete brief, depending on volume and spread.

Share a brief and location list

Frequently asked questions

What is footfall Counting?

Footfall Counting is a field service in which a trained team counting people passing or entering a site at set time slots to judge location potential or campaign reach. You share the locations and instructions; the team completes the visits, the evidence is reviewed, and you receive one consolidated report.

Which areas do you cover for footfall Counting?

Mumbai City, the Western and Eastern Suburbs, Thane, Navi Mumbai and Panvel, with local field teams in each area.

How fast can footfall Counting start?

Most assignments start within one to three working days of receiving a complete brief, depending on volume and spread.

What evidence will I receive?

Hour-wise footfall sheet and Peak-hour chart, matched to a unique job and location ID.

Ready to brief your field visits?

Share the scope — we'll come back with routes, timelines and a clear quote.

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