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They could very easily just implement some rudimentary person identification algos and output only a headcount.
Pretty sure you can do that with OpenCV.
I think Google does this with your phone. I can see how busy various places are by looking them up on Google maps. Really useful for my local Costco.
So when is your Costco not busy? Genuine question as I have gone there mid-day during the week and it will still be packed. One day I went 30 min before close and the parking lot was still full.
There's busy and there's "checkout lines literally to the back of the store"
I've noticed usually in the middle of the afternoon, before 4. Otherwise you'll get the people who left early to go to Costco.
Weekends near the end of the day, oddly enough, usually are quiet as well.