Trends · data through July 2026

Sandwich Shops in Iowa

Iceflower tracks 244 stores from 19 sandwich shops chains in Iowa. Subway grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Firehouse Subs and Jimmy John's.

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
19
Tracked stores
244
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked sandwich shops chains

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 - +0.3%
2 F Firehouse Subs logo Firehouse Subs - -6.3%
3 J Jimmy John's logo Jimmy John's - -6.7%
4 M McAlister's Deli logo McAlister's Deli - -9.2%
5 C Charleys Cheesesteaks logo Charleys Cheesesteaks - -11.8%
6 S Sub City - -12.4%
7 Q Quiznos logo Quiznos - -16.5%
  • Subway
  • Jimmy John's
  • Jersey Mike's Subs
  • Sub City
  • McAlister's Deli
  • Firehouse Subs
  • Charleys Cheesesteaks
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

244 tracked store locations in Iowa. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Subway (107)
  • Jimmy John's (81)
  • Jersey Mike's Subs (18)
  • Sub City (3)
  • McAlister's Deli (4)
  • Firehouse Subs (9)
  • Charleys Cheesesteaks (3)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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