Trends · data through September 2026

Sandwich & Sub Shops in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX

Iceflower tracks 664 stores from 94 sandwich & sub shops in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX. Subway grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Firehouse Subs and Mendocino Farms.

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
94
Tracked stores
664
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 Firehouse Subs sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 S Subway logo Subway - +19.6%
2 F Firehouse Subs logo Firehouse Subs ▲1 +11.7%
3 M Mendocino Farms logo Mendocino Farms - +6.7%
4 P Potbelly Sandwich Shop logo Potbelly Sandwich Shop ▲1 -1.2%
5 J Jersey Mike's Subs logo Jersey Mike's Subs - -1.6%
6 M McAlister's Deli logo McAlister's Deli - -2.6%
7 J Jason's Deli logo Jason's Deli - -6.7%
8 G Great Wraps logo Great Wraps - -7.1%
9 N Newk's Eatery logo Newk's Eatery - -9.0%
10 W Which Wich logo Which Wich - -9.3%
11 A Arby's logo Arby's ▼1 -10.1%
12 J Jimmy John's logo Jimmy John's - -11.2%
13 S Schlotzsky's logo Schlotzsky's - -11.6%
14 Q Quiznos logo Quiznos - -18.4%
15 L Lenny's Sub Shop logo Lenny's Sub Shop - -19.5%
  • Subway
  • Jersey Mike's Subs
  • Jason's Deli
  • Jimmy John's
  • Schlotzsky's
  • Firehouse Subs
  • Charleys Cheesesteaks
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

664 tracked store locations in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Subway (205)
  • Jersey Mike's Subs (37)
  • Jason's Deli (33)
  • Jimmy John's (49)
  • Schlotzsky's (54)
  • Firehouse Subs (32)
  • Charleys Cheesesteaks (34)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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