To provide an information distribution apparatus which is capable of distributing recommend information by a unit of a group while considering personal information on each of users constituting a group, an information distribution system, an information distribution method and a program.

An information distribution apparatus 20 includes: a distribution target specification section 25 which specifies, when a terminal 10 requests distribution of recommend information, a terminal which belongs to the same group as the terminal that has requested the distribution and the distance to the terminal of which is settled within a set range, as a distribution target; a personal information acquisition section 26 which acquires personal information registered for each of users of the terminal that has requested the distribution and of the terminal as the distribution target; a shop selection section 27 which selects a shop on the basis of shop information specifying each of the personal information items, positional information on the terminal that has requested the distribution, a position of each of the shops and services which can be offered; and an information distribution section 28 which distributes information on the selected shop as recommend information to the terminal that has requested the distribution and to the terminal as the distribution target.