Trends · data through September 2026

Sandwich & Sub Shops in the United States

Iceflower tracks 40,203 stores from 8,095 sandwich & sub shops in the United States. The Sandwich Spot grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Beef Shack and Lee's Sandwiches.

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
8,095
Tracked stores
40,203
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. The Sandwich Spot and Beef Shack sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T The Sandwich Spot logo The Sandwich Spot ▲4 +19.8%
2 B Beef Shack ▲15 +19.0%
3 L Lee's Sandwiches logo Lee's Sandwiches ▲5 +17.9%
4 T The Hat logo The Hat - +17.6%
5 S Silver Mine Subs ▲12 +17.5%
6 C Cheba Hut "Toasted" Subs logo Cheba Hut "Toasted" Subs - +17.3%
7 T Taste of Philly logo Taste of Philly ▲11 +17.2%
8 Z Zero's Subs logo Zero's Subs ▲4 +17.0%
9 M Melt Shop logo Melt Shop ▲11 +16.1%
10 T TASTE logo TASTE ▲4 +15.9%
11 B Barry Bagels logo Barry Bagels ▲5 +15.3%
12 M Mr Pickles Sandwich Shop logo Mr Pickles Sandwich Shop ▲11 +14.6%
13 L Lenny's Sub Shop logo Lenny's Sub Shop ▲3 +12.5%
14 T The Lunch Box ▲10 +12.4%
15 B Baba's Famous Steak & Lemonade ▲9 +11.6%
  • Subway
  • Arby's
  • Jersey Mike's Subs
  • Jimmy John's
  • Firehouse Subs
  • McAlister's Deli
  • Charleys Cheesesteaks
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

25,000 of 40,203 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Subway (13,321)
  • Arby's (3,591)
  • Jersey Mike's Subs (2,674)
  • Jimmy John's (2,945)
  • Firehouse Subs (1,373)
  • McAlister's Deli (593)
  • Charleys Cheesesteaks (826)
  • Other tracked chains

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