Abstract: The technology disclosed herein relates to a system and method for acquiring and disseminating location-based data. In one embodiment, the system periodically collects location data from each of a plurality of mobile devices by a server. The location data identifies the presence of each mobile device at a particular business location and a particular time at which the mobile device is at the particular business location. The collected location data is maintained in a database. The system identifies a movement pattern of the plurality of mobile devices from the collected location data, which identifies the presence of one or more mobile devices at a first business location after presence of the one or more mobile devices at a second business location. The identified movement pattern is reported to users.