diff --git a/common-tools/clara-io/src/main/java/org/jlab/io/clara/Clas12Writer.java b/common-tools/clara-io/src/main/java/org/jlab/io/clara/Clas12Writer.java
index dabcdb132c..a7a84868a9 100644
--- a/common-tools/clara-io/src/main/java/org/jlab/io/clara/Clas12Writer.java
+++ b/common-tools/clara-io/src/main/java/org/jlab/io/clara/Clas12Writer.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import org.jlab.detector.helicity.HelicitySequenceDelayed;
 import org.jlab.detector.serial.SerialHoncho;
 import org.jlab.detector.serial.PostProcessor;
+import org.jlab.detector.serial.Occupancer;
 import org.jlab.jnp.hipo4.data.Bank;
 import org.jlab.jnp.hipo4.data.Event;
 import org.jlab.jnp.hipo4.data.SchemaFactory;
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
  */
 public class Clas12Writer extends HipoToHipoWriter {
 
+    Occupancer occupancer;
     SerialHoncho serial;
     Bank runConfig;
     ConstantsManager conman;
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ public class Clas12Writer extends HipoToHipoWriter {
     boolean postprocess;
 
     private void init(JSONObject opts) {
+        occupancer = new Occupancer(1000);
         fullSchema = new SchemaFactory();
         fullSchema.initFromDirectory(FileUtils.getEnvironmentPath("CLAS12DIR","etc/bankdefs/hipo4"));
         serial = new SerialHoncho(fullSchema);
@@ -63,6 +66,7 @@ protected HipoWriterSorted createWriter(Path file, JSONObject opts) throws Event
     protected void writeEvent(Object event) throws EventWriterException {
         Event t = serial.read((Event)event);
         if (!t.isEmpty()) writer.addEvent(t, 1);
+        occupancer.process(t);
         super.writeEvent(event);
     }
 
diff --git a/common-tools/clas-detector/src/main/java/org/jlab/detector/banks/FilteredBank.java b/common-tools/clas-detector/src/main/java/org/jlab/detector/banks/FilteredBank.java
index 99b9171e7d..2775f9399c 100644
--- a/common-tools/clas-detector/src/main/java/org/jlab/detector/banks/FilteredBank.java
+++ b/common-tools/clas-detector/src/main/java/org/jlab/detector/banks/FilteredBank.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public final void setFilter(int... values){
      * @param evt
      */ 
     public void read(Event evt){
-        evt.read(bank);        
+        evt.read(bank);
         this.notifyRead();
     }
 
diff --git a/common-tools/clas-detector/src/main/java/org/jlab/detector/serial/Occupancer.java b/common-tools/clas-detector/src/main/java/org/jlab/detector/serial/Occupancer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..29dcc07ec6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common-tools/clas-detector/src/main/java/org/jlab/detector/serial/Occupancer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+package org.jlab.detector.serial;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Map;
+import org.jlab.detector.banks.RawBank;
+import org.jlab.utils.groups.IndexedTable;
+import org.jlab.utils.groups.IndexedTable.IndexedEntry;
+import org.jlab.detector.banks.RawBank.OrderGroups;
+import org.jlab.detector.banks.RawDataBank;
+import org.jlab.jnp.hipo4.data.Bank;
+import org.jlab.jnp.hipo4.data.Event;
+import org.jlab.jnp.hipo4.data.Schema;
+import org.jlab.jnp.hipo4.data.SchemaFactory;
+import org.jlab.utils.system.ClasUtilsFile;
+
+/**
+ * Occupancy bookkeeper based on IndexedTable, with I/O helpers for indexed banks.
+ *
+ * @author baltzell
+ */
+public class Occupancer extends ArrayList<Occupancer.OccupanceTable> {
+    
+    static final String BANKDIR = ClasUtilsFile.getResourceDir("CLAS12DIR","etc/bankdefs/hipo4/singles/occupancy");
+    static final SchemaFactory schema = new SchemaFactory();
+    static { schema.initFromDirectory(ClasUtilsFile.getResourceDir("CLAS12DIR","etc/bankdefs/hipo4")); }
+    
+    int nevents;
+    int prescale;
+
+    public Occupancer(int prescale) {
+        super();
+        this.prescale = prescale;
+        this.nevents = 0;
+        try {
+            addAll(Files.list(Paths.get(BANKDIR))
+                    .filter(Files::isRegularFile)
+                    .map(p -> p.getFileName().toString())
+                    .map(s -> s.substring(0, s.length()-5))
+                    .map(s -> s.substring(5, s.length()))
+                    .map(OccupanceTable::new).toList());
+        } catch (IOException ex) {
+            System.getLogger(Occupancer.class.getName()).log(System.Logger.Level.ERROR, (String) null, ex);
+        }
+    }
+    
+    public boolean process(Event event) {
+        forEach(t -> { t.fill(event, false); });
+        if (++nevents % prescale == 0) {
+            forEach(t -> {
+                if (t.getTable().getRowCount() > 0) {
+                    event.write(t.create(nevents, event));
+                }
+                t.reset();
+            });
+            nevents = 0;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+    
+    public void reset() {
+        forEach(t -> { t.reset(); nevents = 0; });
+    }
+    
+    public static final class OccupanceTable {
+
+        Schema occSchema;
+        Schema hitSchema;
+        IndexedTable table;
+        
+        /**
+         * A 3-index table, e.g., sector/layer/component.
+         * @param hitBank name of the hit bank
+         */
+        public OccupanceTable(String hitBank) {
+            hitSchema = schema.getSchema(hitBank);
+            occSchema = schema.getSchema("OCC::" + hitBank);
+            table = new IndexedTable(3, new String[]{"occ/F"});
+        }
+        
+        /**
+         * An N-index table.
+         * @param hitBank name of the hit bank
+         * @param indexCount number of inidices in the hit bank
+         */
+        public OccupanceTable(String hitBank, int indexCount) {
+            hitSchema = schema.getSchema(hitBank);
+            occSchema = schema.getSchema("OCC::" + hitBank);
+            table = new IndexedTable(indexCount, new String[]{"occ/F"});
+        }
+        
+        public final IndexedTable getTable() { return table; }
+        
+        /**
+         * Zero the occupancy table.
+         */
+        public final void reset() {
+            table = new IndexedTable(table.getList().getIndexSize(), new String[]{"occ/F"});
+        }
+        
+        /**
+         * Get the occupancy table, normalized by number of events.
+         * @param events
+         * @return
+         */
+        public final IndexedTable getOccupancy(long events) {
+            IndexedTable t = new IndexedTable(table.getList().getIndexSize(), new String[]{"occ/F"});
+            for (long hash : ((Map<Long,IndexedEntry>)table.getList().getMap()).keySet()) {
+                t.addEntry(IndexedTable.DEFAULT_GENERATOR.getIndices(hash, table.getList().getIndexSize()));
+                t.setDoubleValueByHash((table.getDoubleValueByHash(0, hash))/events, 0, hash);
+            }
+            return t;
+        }
+        
+        /**
+         * Fill the occupancy table.
+         * @param weight
+         * @param index
+         */
+        public synchronized final void fill(float weight, int... index) {
+            for (int i=0; i<index.length; i++) if (index[i] < 0) return;
+            final long hash = IndexedTable.DEFAULT_GENERATOR.hashCode(index);
+            if (!table.hasEntryByHash(hash)) {
+                table.addEntry(index);
+                table.setDoubleValueByHash(0.0d, 0, hash);
+            }
+            table.setDoubleValueByHash(table.getDoubleValueByHash(0, hash) + weight, 0, hash);
+        }
+        
+        /**
+         * Fill occupancy table from a user-defined bank.
+         * @param event
+         * @param weighted
+         */
+        public void fill(Event event, boolean weighted) {
+            RawBank bank = new RawBank(hitSchema, 1000, OrderGroups.DEFAULT);
+            bank.read(event);
+            final int rows = bank.rows();
+            int[] idx = new int[table.getList().getIndexSize()];
+            for (int i=0; i<rows; i++) {
+                for (int j=0; j<table.getList().getIndexSize(); j++) {
+                    if (j==2) idx[j] = bank.getShort(j,i);
+                    else idx[j] = bank.getByte(j,i);
+                }
+                if (weighted) fill(bank.getFloat(table.getList().getIndexSize(),i),idx);
+                else fill(1.0f, idx);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        /**
+         * Get an occupancy bank, normalized by number of events.
+         * @param events
+         * @param event
+         * @return
+         */
+        public synchronized Bank create(long events, Event event) {
+            Bank b = new Bank(occSchema, table.getRowCount());
+            Map<Long,IndexedEntry> m = table.getList().getMap();
+            int i = 0;
+            for (long hash : m.keySet()) {
+                int[] idx = IndexedTable.DEFAULT_GENERATOR.getIndices(hash, table.getList().getIndexSize());
+                for (int j=0; j<table.getList().getIndexSize(); j++) {
+                    if (j == 2) b.putShort(j, i, (short)idx[j]);
+                    else b.putByte(j, i, (byte)idx[j]);
+                }
+                b.putFloat(table.getList().getIndexSize(), i, ((float)m.get(hash).getValue(0).intValue())/events);
+                i++;
+            }
+            return b;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/common-tools/clas-reco/src/main/java/org/jlab/clas/reco/EngineProcessor.java b/common-tools/clas-reco/src/main/java/org/jlab/clas/reco/EngineProcessor.java
index dfa428f7ec..95890e2c5f 100644
--- a/common-tools/clas-reco/src/main/java/org/jlab/clas/reco/EngineProcessor.java
+++ b/common-tools/clas-reco/src/main/java/org/jlab/clas/reco/EngineProcessor.java
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public void initDefault(){
         String[] names = new String[]{
             "MAGFIELDS",
             "DCCR","DCHB","FTOFHB","EC","HTCC","EBHB",
-            "DCTB","FTOFTB","EBTB","VTX"
+            "DCTB","FTOFTB","EBTB","OCC"
         };
 
         String[] services = new String[]{
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public void initDefault(){
             "org.jlab.service.dc.DCTBEngine",
             "org.jlab.service.ftof.FTOFTBEngine",
             "org.jlab.service.eb.EBTBEngine",
-            "org.jlab.rec.service.vtx.VTXEngine"
+            "org.jlab.calibration.service.OccupanceEngine",
         };
 
         for(int i = 0; i < names.length; i++){
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ public void initAll(){
             "CVTFP","CTOF","CND","BAND",
             "HTCC","LTCC","EBHB",
             "DCTB","FMT","FTOFTB","CVT","EBTB",
-            "RICHEB","RTPC","AHDC","ATOF","ALERT", "MC","VTX"
+            "RICHEB","RTPC","AHDC","ATOF","ALERT", "MC","VTX","OCC"
         };
 
         String[] services = new String[]{
@@ -197,7 +197,8 @@ public void initAll(){
             "org.jlab.service.atof.ATOFEngine",
             "org.jlab.service.alert.ALERTEngine",
             "org.jlab.service.mc.TruthMatch",
-            "org.jlab.rec.service.vtx.VTXEngine"
+            "org.jlab.rec.service.vtx.VTXEngine",
+            "org.jlab.calibration.service.OccupanceEngine",
         };
         if(names.length!=services.length)
             LOGGER.log(Level.SEVERE, "initAll : the list of services does not match the list of service names...  ");
diff --git a/etc/bankdefs/hipo4/occupancy.json b/etc/bankdefs/hipo4/occupancy.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1def92cb32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/bankdefs/hipo4/occupancy.json
@@ -0,0 +1,266 @@
+[
+    {
+        "name": "OCC::DC::tdc",
+        "group": 500,
+        "item": 10,
+        "info": "Occupancy Bank",
+        "entries": [
+            { "name":"sector"    , "type":"B", "info":"sector"},
+            { "name":"layer"     , "type":"B", "info":"layer"},
+            { "name":"component" , "type":"S", "info":"component"},
+            { "name":"hits"      , "type":"F", "info":"number of hits"}
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "OCC::DC::tot",
+        "group": 500,
+        "item": 11,
+        "info": "Occupancy Bank",
+        "entries": [
+            { "name":"sector"    , "type":"B", "info":"sector"},
+            { "name":"layer"     , "type":"B", "info":"layer"},
+            { "name":"component" , "type":"S", "info":"component"},
+            { "name":"hits"      , "type":"F", "info":"number of hits"}
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "OCC::ECAL::adc",
+        "group": 500,
+        "item": 12,
+        "info": "Occupancy Bank",
+        "entries": [
+            { "name":"sector"    , "type":"B", "info":"sector"},
+            { "name":"layer"     , "type":"B", "info":"layer"},
+            { "name":"component" , "type":"S", "info":"component"},
+            { "name":"hits"      , "type":"F", "info":"number of hits"}
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "OCC::ECAL::tdc",
+        "group": 500,
+        "item": 13,
+        "info": "Occupancy Bank",
+        "entries": [
+            { "name":"sector"    , "type":"B", "info":"sector"},
+            { "name":"layer"     , "type":"B", "info":"layer"},
+            { "name":"component" , "type":"S", "info":"component"},
+            { "name":"hits"      , "type":"F", "info":"number of hits"}
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "OCC::FTOF::adc",
+        "group": 500,
+        "item": 14,
+        "info": "Occupancy Bank",
+        "entries": [
+            { "name":"sector"    , "type":"B", "info":"sector"},
+            { "name":"layer"     , "type":"B", "info":"layer"},
+            { "name":"component" , "type":"S", "info":"component"},
+            { "name":"hits"      , "type":"F", "info":"number of hits"}
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "OCC::FTOF::tdc",
+        "group": 500,
+        "item": 15,
+        "info": "Occupancy Bank",
+        "entries": [
+            { "name":"sector"    , "type":"B", "info":"sector"},
+            { "name":"layer"     , "type":"B", "info":"layer"},
+            { "name":"component" , "type":"S", "info":"component"},
+            { "name":"hits"      , "type":"F", "info":"number of hits"}
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "OCC::CTOF::adc",
+        "group": 500,
+        "item": 16,
+        "info": "Occupancy Bank",
+        "entries": [
+            { "name":"sector"    , "type":"B", "info":"sector"},
+            { "name":"layer"     , "type":"B", "info":"layer"},
+            { "name":"component" , "type":"S", "info":"component"},
+            { "name":"hits"      , "type":"F", "info":"number of hits"}
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "OCC::CTOF::tdc",
+        "group": 500,
+        "item": 17,
+        "info": "Occupancy Bank",
+        "entries": [
+            { "name":"sector"    , "type":"B", "info":"sector"},
+            { "name":"layer"     , "type":"B", "info":"layer"},
+            { "name":"component" , "type":"S", "info":"component"},
+            { "name":"hits"      , "type":"F", "info":"number of hits"}
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "OCC::HTCC::adc",
+        "group": 500,
+        "item": 18,
+        "info": "Occupancy Bank",
+        "entries": [
+            { "name":"sector"    , "type":"B", "info":"sector"},
+            { "name":"layer"     , "type":"B", "info":"layer"},
+            { "name":"component" , "type":"S", "info":"component"},
+            { "name":"hits"      , "type":"F", "info":"number of hits"}
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "OCC::HTCC::tdc",
+        "group": 500,
+        "item": 19,
+        "info": "Occupancy Bank",
+        "entries": [
+            { "name":"sector"    , "type":"B", "info":"sector"},
+            { "name":"layer"     , "type":"B", "info":"layer"},
+            { "name":"component" , "type":"S", "info":"component"},
+            { "name":"hits"      , "type":"F", "info":"number of hits"}
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "OCC::LTCC::adc",
+        "group": 500,
+        "item": 20,
+        "info": "Occupancy Bank",
+        "entries": [
+            { "name":"sector"    , "type":"B", "info":"sector"},
+            { "name":"layer"     , "type":"B", "info":"layer"},
+            { "name":"component" , "type":"S", "info":"component"},
+            { "name":"hits"      , "type":"F", "info":"number of hits"}
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "OCC::LTCC::tdc",
+        "group": 500,
+        "item": 21,
+        "info": "Occupancy Bank",
+        "entries": [
+            { "name":"sector"    , "type":"B", "info":"sector"},
+            { "name":"layer"     , "type":"B", "info":"layer"},
+            { "name":"component" , "type":"S", "info":"component"},
+            { "name":"hits"      , "type":"F", "info":"number of hits"}
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "OCC::BST::adc",
+        "group": 500,
+        "item": 22,
+        "info": "Occupancy Bank",
+        "entries": [
+            { "name":"sector"    , "type":"B", "info":"sector"},
+            { "name":"layer"     , "type":"B", "info":"layer"},
+            { "name":"component" , "type":"S", "info":"component"},
+            { "name":"hits"      , "type":"F", "info":"number of hits"}
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "OCC::BMT::adc",
+        "group": 500,
+        "item": 23,
+        "info": "Occupancy Bank",
+        "entries": [
+            { "name":"sector"    , "type":"B", "info":"sector"},
+            { "name":"layer"     , "type":"B", "info":"layer"},
+            { "name":"component" , "type":"S", "info":"component"},
+            { "name":"hits"      , "type":"F", "info":"number of hits"}
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "OCC::FTCAL::adc",
+        "group": 500,
+        "item": 24,
+        "info": "Occupancy Bank",
+        "entries": [
+            { "name":"sector"    , "type":"B", "info":"sector"},
+            { "name":"layer"     , "type":"B", "info":"layer"},
+            { "name":"component" , "type":"S", "info":"component"},
+            { "name":"hits"      , "type":"F", "info":"number of hits"}
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "OCC::FTHODO::adc",
+        "group": 500,
+        "item": 25,
+        "info": "Occupancy Bank",
+        "entries": [
+            { "name":"sector"    , "type":"B", "info":"sector"},
+            { "name":"layer"     , "type":"B", "info":"layer"},
+            { "name":"component" , "type":"S", "info":"component"},
+            { "name":"hits"      , "type":"F", "info":"number of hits"}
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "OCC::FTTRK::adc",
+        "group": 500,
+        "item": 26,
+        "info": "Occupancy Bank",
+        "entries": [
+            { "name":"sector"    , "type":"B", "info":"sector"},
+            { "name":"layer"     , "type":"B", "info":"layer"},
+            { "name":"component" , "type":"S", "info":"component"},
+            { "name":"hits"      , "type":"F", "info":"number of hits"}
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "OCC::RICH::tdc",
+        "group": 500,
+        "item": 27,
+        "info": "Occupancy Bank",
+        "entries": [
+            { "name":"sector"    , "type":"B", "info":"sector"},
+            { "name":"layer"     , "type":"B", "info":"layer"},
+            { "name":"component" , "type":"S", "info":"component"},
+            { "name":"hits"      , "type":"F", "info":"number of hits"}
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "OCC::BAND::adc",
+        "group": 500,
+        "item": 28,
+        "info": "Occupancy Bank",
+        "entries": [
+            { "name":"sector"    , "type":"B", "info":"sector"},
+            { "name":"layer"     , "type":"B", "info":"layer"},
+            { "name":"component" , "type":"S", "info":"component"},
+            { "name":"hits"      , "type":"F", "info":"number of hits"}
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "OCC::BAND::tdc",
+        "group": 500,
+        "item": 29,
+        "info": "Occupancy Bank",
+        "entries": [
+            { "name":"sector"    , "type":"B", "info":"sector"},
+            { "name":"layer"     , "type":"B", "info":"layer"},
+            { "name":"component" , "type":"S", "info":"component"},
+            { "name":"hits"      , "type":"F", "info":"number of hits"}
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "OCC::CND::adc",
+        "group": 500,
+        "item": 30,
+        "info": "Occupancy Bank",
+        "entries": [
+            { "name":"sector"    , "type":"B", "info":"sector"},
+            { "name":"layer"     , "type":"B", "info":"layer"},
+            { "name":"component" , "type":"S", "info":"component"},
+            { "name":"hits"      , "type":"F", "info":"number of hits"}
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "OCC::CND::tdc",
+        "group": 500,
+        "item": 31,
+        "info": "Occupancy Bank",
+        "entries": [
+            { "name":"sector"    , "type":"B", "info":"sector"},
+            { "name":"layer"     , "type":"B", "info":"layer"},
+            { "name":"component" , "type":"S", "info":"component"},
+            { "name":"hits"      , "type":"F", "info":"number of hits"}
+        ]
+    }
+]
diff --git a/etc/bankdefs/util/bankSplit.py b/etc/bankdefs/util/bankSplit.py
index 52b134174c..591ebad0fd 100755
--- a/etc/bankdefs/util/bankSplit.py
+++ b/etc/bankdefs/util/bankSplit.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-import json
-import sys
 import os
+import sys
+import json
+import glob
 
 # print usage
 if len(sys.argv)<2:
@@ -54,6 +55,9 @@ def create(dirname, banklist):
 
 print("Single json files saved in " + workdirectory + singledirectory)
 
+# occupancy banks:
+occ = [os.path.basename(x)[:-5] for x in glob.glob('./singles/occupancy/*.json')]
+
 # these should *always* be kept:
 mc = ["MC::Event", "MC::GenMatch", "MC::Header", "MC::Lund", "MC::Particle", "MC::RecMatch", "MC::True"]
 tag1 = ["RUN::config", "RAW::epics", "RAW::scaler", "RUN::scaler", "HEL::scaler", "COAT::config", "HEL::flip", "HEL::online", "HEL::decoder"]
@@ -83,7 +87,7 @@ def create(dirname, banklist):
 trig = ["RAW::vtp","HTCC::rec","ECAL::adc","ECAL::calib","ECAL::clusters","ECAL::hits","ECAL::moments","ECAL::peaks","ECAL::tdc","ECAL::trigger"]
 
 # accumulate all the DST banks:
-dst = rectbai + rectb + mc + tag1 + dets
+dst = rectbai + rectb + mc + tag1 + occ + dets
 dsthb = dst + rechbai + rechb
 
 # generate the calib and mon schema:
@@ -112,8 +116,6 @@ def create(dirname, banklist):
 level3 = list(dst)
 level3.extend(["DC::tdc", "DC::tot", "ECAL::adc", "ECAL::clusters", "FTOF::tdc", "FTOF::adc", "HitBasedTrkg::HBClusters", "HitBasedTrkg::HBTracks", "HTCC::adc", "RF::adc", "RF::tdc", "RUN::rf", "TimeBasedTrkg::TBClusters", "TimeBasedTrkg::TBTracks"])
 
-import glob
-
 rgl = glob.glob('./singles/full/ALERT*.json')
 rgl.extend(glob.glob('./singles/full/AHDC*.json'))
 rgl.extend(glob.glob('./singles/full/ATOF*.json'))
diff --git a/reconstruction/calib/pom.xml b/reconstruction/calib/pom.xml
index b2ccd9bc17..e43ed9319c 100644
--- a/reconstruction/calib/pom.xml
+++ b/reconstruction/calib/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@
       <artifactId>clas-reco</artifactId>
       <version>14.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
-
+ 
   </dependencies>
 </project>