System and method for providing information on current state of business of local goods or services provider

A system for providing information on the current state of business of a local goods or services provider, the system comprising:

• a power consumption information collection unit collecting power consumption information of the local goods or services provider;
• a power consumption information analysis unit analyzing the power consumption information collected by the power consumption information collection unit and extracting a feature of the amount of power consumption of the local goods or services provider;
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• a business open-or-closed determination unit determining whether the local goods or services provider is open for business at a predetermined point in time, on the basis of the feature of the amount of power consumption of the local goods or services provider analyzed by the power consumption information analysis unit, and providing information on whether the local goods or services provider is open for business.