Trends · data through September 2026

Sandwich & Sub Shops in Kentucky

Iceflower tracks 684 stores from 70 sandwich & sub shops in Kentucky. Firehouse Subs grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Schlotzsky's and Subway.

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
70
Tracked stores
684
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. Firehouse Subs and Schlotzsky's sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 F Firehouse Subs logo Firehouse Subs - +16.5%
2 S Schlotzsky's logo Schlotzsky's ▲1 +4.1%
3 S Subway logo Subway - +3.1%
4 C Charleys Cheesesteaks logo Charleys Cheesesteaks - +2.0%
5 J Jersey Mike's Subs logo Jersey Mike's Subs - +1.7%
6 M McAlister's Deli logo McAlister's Deli - +1.6%
7 A Arby's logo Arby's - -2.1%
8 P Penn Station East Coast Subs logo Penn Station East Coast Subs - -2.2%
9 J Jason's Deli logo Jason's Deli - -4.3%
10 W Which Wich logo Which Wich - -5.9%
11 J Jimmy John's logo Jimmy John's - -6.5%
12 P Potbelly Sandwich Shop logo Potbelly Sandwich Shop ▼1 -9.7%
  • Arby's
  • Subway
  • Jimmy John's
  • McAlister's Deli
  • Penn Station East Coast Subs
  • Jersey Mike's Subs
  • Firehouse Subs
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

684 tracked store locations in Kentucky. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Arby's (123)
  • Subway (283)
  • Jimmy John's (64)
  • McAlister's Deli (24)
  • Penn Station East Coast Subs (53)
  • Jersey Mike's Subs (23)
  • Firehouse Subs (19)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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