Trends · data through September 2026

Sandwich & Sub Shops in North Carolina

Iceflower tracks 1,363 stores from 222 sandwich & sub shops in North Carolina. Groucho's Deli grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Potbelly Sandwich Shop and Firehouse 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
222
Tracked stores
1,363
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. Groucho's Deli and Potbelly Sandwich Shop sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 G Groucho's Deli logo Groucho's Deli ▲1 +5.5%
2 P Potbelly Sandwich Shop logo Potbelly Sandwich Shop - +5.1%
3 F Firehouse Subs logo Firehouse Subs - +3.8%
4 M McAlister's Deli logo McAlister's Deli - +2.0%
5 S Schlotzsky's logo Schlotzsky's - +0.3%
6 J Jersey Mike's Subs logo Jersey Mike's Subs - +0.1%
7 R Rhino Market and Deli logo Rhino Market and Deli - -0.8%
8 S Subway logo Subway - -1.2%
9 S Sub Station II logo Sub Station II - -3.4%
10 J Jason's Deli logo Jason's Deli - -4.1%
11 A Arby's logo Arby's - -5.2%
12 J Jimmy John's logo Jimmy John's - -6.2%
13 P Penn Station East Coast Subs logo Penn Station East Coast Subs - -8.5%
14 W Which Wich logo Which Wich - -11.9%
15 C Charleys Cheesesteaks logo Charleys Cheesesteaks - -13.6%
  • Jersey Mike's Subs
  • Subway
  • Arby's
  • Jimmy John's
  • Firehouse Subs
  • McAlister's Deli
  • Jason's Deli
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,363 tracked store locations in North Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Jersey Mike's Subs (228)
  • Subway (446)
  • Arby's (145)
  • Jimmy John's (90)
  • Firehouse Subs (84)
  • McAlister's Deli (30)
  • Jason's Deli (11)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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