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number of visitors; customer count; number of people who come to a place
A numerical count of visitors, guests, or customers coming to a business, event, facility, or home. Common in retail, hospitality, and event management to track attendance. Can describe shop customers, exhibition attendees, or household visitors depending on context.
Compound of 来客 ('visitor; guest; customer') and 数 ('number; count'). The suffix 〜数 is productive in business and statistics: 人数 ('number of people'), 会員数 ('membership count'), 閲覧数 ('pageviews').
Usage
- Treated as a noun; does not take する.
- Common verbs: が増える / 減る ('increases / decreases'), を数える ('to count'), を集計する ('to tally'), を予想する ('to forecast').
- Used in retail reports, restaurant daily logs, tourism statistics, and event planning.
- For household visitors, 来客 alone is usually more natural; 来客数 implies counting or tracking.
- Very often paired with comparison expressions: より多い ('more than'), を上回る / 下回る ('exceeds / falls below').
Common collocations
- 来客数が増える: the number of visitors increases
- 来客数を集計する: to tally the customer count
- 来客数の推移: trends in visitor numbers
- 来客数を予想する: to forecast the customer count
- 一日の来客数: daily customer count
Similar words
- 来場者数: number of attendees — preferred for events, exhibitions, and venues rather than shops.
- 来店客数: number of store customers — narrower; specifically for retail shops.
- 集客数: number of customers attracted — focuses on how many were drawn in, often used in marketing.
- 入場者数: number of admissions — for ticketed venues like stadiums, museums, and amusement parks.