Trends · data through September 2026

Sandwich & Sub Shops in New York

Iceflower tracks 2,778 stores from 1,877 sandwich & sub shops in New York. Melt Shop grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Lenwich and Long Island Bagel Cafe.

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
1,877
Tracked stores
2,778
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. Melt Shop and Lenwich sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 M Melt Shop logo Melt Shop ▲1 +16.5%
2 L Lenwich logo Lenwich - +11.3%
3 L Long Island Bagel Cafe ▲1 +10.4%
4 A All'Antico Vinaio - +8.8%
5 S Subway logo Subway - +8.3%
6 J Jersey Mike's Subs logo Jersey Mike's Subs - +7.8%
7 T The Yellow Deli ▲1 +1.6%
8 B Best Deli and Grill - -0.4%
9 A Arby's logo Arby's - -0.5%
10 F Firehouse Subs logo Firehouse Subs ▼1 -1.7%
11 D DiBella's Subs logo DiBella's Subs - -1.9%
12 J Jreck Subs - -2.9%
13 P Potbelly Sandwich Shop logo Potbelly Sandwich Shop - -3.5%
14 D Downtown Deli - -3.6%
15 J Joe's Deli ▼1 -4.6%
  • Subway
  • Arby's
  • Jersey Mike's Subs
  • Jreck Subs
  • DiBella's Subs
  • Mr. Subb
  • Charleys Cheesesteaks
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

2,778 tracked store locations in New York. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Subway (479)
  • Arby's (68)
  • Jersey Mike's Subs (88)
  • Jreck Subs (29)
  • DiBella's Subs (10)
  • Mr. Subb (11)
  • Charleys Cheesesteaks (31)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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