Trends · data through July 2026

Delis in the United States

Iceflower tracks 3,304 stores from 2,659 delis chains in the United States. Hot Bagels & Deli grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Deli Mart and Mike's Deli.

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
2,659
Tracked stores
3,304
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked delis 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. Hot Bagels & Deli and Deli Mart sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 H Hot Bagels & Deli ▲8 +16.0%
2 D Deli Mart ▲7 +12.4%
3 M Mike's Deli ▲8 +10.0%
4 C Central Park Deli - +9.8%
5 T The Honey Baked Ham Company logo The Honey Baked Ham Company - +9.7%
6 C Claro's Italian Market ▲7 +8.8%
7 T The Deli ▲2 +7.7%
8 H Hometown Deli ▲4 +7.0%
9 J Jay's Deli ▲4 +5.7%
10 U Uptown Deli ▲4 +5.5%
11 T The Market Place ▲3 +5.2%
12 D Downtown Deli ▲4 +4.9%
13 C Chompie's logo Chompie's ▲2 +1.8%
14 J Joe's Deli ▲5 -0.7%
15 H Halsted Street Deli ▲2 -1.0%
  • The Honey Baked Ham Company
  • Waterboro Market & Cafe
  • Cardona's Market
  • Old Nelson Food Company
  • Mazzaro Italian Market
  • Chappy's Deli
  • East Bay Deli
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

3,304 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • The Honey Baked Ham Company (190)
  • Waterboro Market & Cafe (1)
  • Cardona's Market (2)
  • Old Nelson Food Company (2)
  • Mazzaro Italian Market (1)
  • Chappy's Deli (3)
  • East Bay Deli (8)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 T The Honey Baked Ham Company logo The Honey Baked Ham Company 190
  • 2 G Groucho's Deli logo Groucho's Deli 28
  • 3 B Beach Hut Deli 13
  • 4 T The Market Place 11
  • 5 T The Deli 10
  • 6 N New York Deli 10
  • 7 W West Coast Sourdough 10
  • 8 M Main Street Deli 9
  • 9 H Halsted Street Deli 9
  • 10 C Call Your Mother Deli logo Call Your Mother Deli 9
  • 11 S Smokin' Joe's 8
  • 12 E East Bay Deli 8
  • 13 G Gourmet Deli 8
  • 14 T The Yellow Deli 8
  • 15 S Sweet Peppers Deli 8
  • 16 G Gandolfo's New York Deli logo Gandolfo's New York Deli 7
  • 17 S Santini's New York Style Deli logo Santini's New York Style Deli 7
  • 18 D Downtown Deli 7
  • 19 H Hot Bagels & Deli 7
  • 20 S Sam's Deli 7
  • 21 P Pastosa Ravioli logo Pastosa Ravioli 6
  • 22 C Central Park Deli 6
  • 23 Q Quick Stop Deli 5
  • 24 S Southside Deli 5
  • 25 D Deli Mart 5
  • 26 B Brown Bag Deli 5
  • 27 J Joe's Deli 5
  • 28 L La Ideal 5
  • 29 M Mike's Deli 5
  • 30 D Deli Plus 4
  • 31 S Sub Stop 4
  • 32 M Madison Deli And Grill 4
  • 33 L Lee's Deli 4
  • 34 I In & Out Food Mart 4
  • 35 D Downstairs Market 3
  • 36 J Jay's Deli 3
  • 37 C Capo Italian Deli logo Capo Italian Deli 3
  • 38 B Brooklyn Pickle 3
  • 39 C Chompie's logo Chompie's 3
  • 40 O Oak Grove Market 3
  • 41 H Hometown Deli 3
  • 42 T The Big Cheese 3
  • 43 S Steve's Deli 3
  • 44 V Village Deli and Grill logo Village Deli and Grill 3
  • 45 P Palmer's Deli & Market 3
  • 46 C Claro's Italian Market 3
  • 47 U Uptown Deli 3
  • 48 C Chappy's Deli logo Chappy's Deli 3
  • 49 D Dutch Country Market 3
  • 50 E Elephants Delicatessen 2

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