Trends · data through September 2026

Sandwich & Sub Shops in Columbia, SC

Iceflower tracks 157 stores from 38 sandwich & sub shops in Columbia, SC. Subway grew fastest over the last year, ahead of McAlister's Deli and Firehouse Subs.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
38
Tracked stores
157
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked sandwich & sub shops

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Subway and McAlister's Deli sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 S Subway logo Subway - +13.8%
2 M McAlister's Deli logo McAlister's Deli ▲1 +12.2%
3 F Firehouse Subs logo Firehouse Subs - +2.3%
4 C Charleys Cheesesteaks logo Charleys Cheesesteaks - +0.7%
5 J Jersey Mike's Subs logo Jersey Mike's Subs - +0.3%
6 E East Bay Deli ▼1 -0.2%
7 G Groucho's Deli logo Groucho's Deli - -2.3%
8 J Jimmy John's logo Jimmy John's - -6.0%
9 A Arby's logo Arby's - -10.8%
10 S Sub Station II logo Sub Station II - -18.8%
  • Subway
  • Arby's
  • Firehouse Subs
  • Jersey Mike's Subs
  • Groucho's Deli
  • McAlister's Deli
  • East Bay Deli
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

157 tracked store locations in Columbia, SC. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Subway (53)
  • Arby's (14)
  • Firehouse Subs (13)
  • Jersey Mike's Subs (10)
  • Groucho's Deli (8)
  • McAlister's Deli (5)
  • East Bay Deli (5)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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