Trends · data through September 2026

Sandwich & Sub Shops in Columbus, OH

Iceflower tracks 353 stores from 52 sandwich & sub shops in Columbus, OH. Subway grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Potbelly Sandwich Shop and Jersey Mike's 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
52
Tracked stores
353
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 Potbelly Sandwich Shop sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 S Subway logo Subway - +10.5%
2 P Potbelly Sandwich Shop logo Potbelly Sandwich Shop - +10.5%
3 J Jersey Mike's Subs logo Jersey Mike's Subs - -2.8%
4 A Arby's logo Arby's - -3.2%
5 F Firehouse Subs logo Firehouse Subs ▲1 -3.4%
6 J Jimmy John's logo Jimmy John's - -3.7%
7 C Charleys Cheesesteaks logo Charleys Cheesesteaks - -10.8%
8 D DiBella's Subs logo DiBella's Subs - -12.8%
9 P Penn Station East Coast Subs logo Penn Station East Coast Subs ▼1 -14.3%
10 M Mr. Hero logo Mr. Hero - -22.2%
  • Arby's
  • Subway
  • Jimmy John's
  • Jersey Mike's Subs
  • Charleys Cheesesteaks
  • Firehouse Subs
  • Penn Station East Coast Subs
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

353 tracked store locations in Columbus, OH. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Arby's (39)
  • Subway (137)
  • Jimmy John's (37)
  • Jersey Mike's Subs (33)
  • Charleys Cheesesteaks (18)
  • Firehouse Subs (12)
  • Penn Station East Coast Subs (12)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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