Maximum Occupancy

What is Maximum Occupancy?

Maximum occupancy is the total number of people that a room or space can safely accommodate at any one time, often referred to as its "capacity".

A space's maximum occupancy can depend on a number of factors beyond just its physical dimensions.

What factors affect a room's maximum occupancy?

Factors that can affect maximum occupancy include:

• The room layout and available floor space
• The type and nature of the event
• Whether people will be sitting or standing
• The number of staff, stewards, or security personnel supervising
• The number of available exits
• Whether alcohol will be served

Maximum occupancy can also refer to the total number of people on a site across all of its rooms and spaces combined.

Why does maximum occupancy matter?

Respecting maximum occupancy limits is a serious safety matter. Exceeding the maximum occupancy of a room - or of an entire site - can have disastrous consequences in the event of an emergency such as a fire.

Maximum occupancy in MIDAS

Because this is so important, our MIDAS scheduling software allows you to set maximum occupancy levels for each bookable space. MIDAS warns you when the total number of people on site is approaching your defined limits, and can prevent bookings that would exceed them.