Trends · data through September 2026

Sandwich & Sub Shops in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

Iceflower tracks 644 stores from 175 sandwich & sub shops in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. Capo Italian Deli grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Jersey Mike's Subs and Charleys Cheesesteaks.

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
175
Tracked stores
644
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. Capo Italian Deli and Jersey Mike's Subs sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C Capo Italian Deli logo Capo Italian Deli ▲1 +10.9%
2 J Jersey Mike's Subs logo Jersey Mike's Subs - +6.2%
3 C Charleys Cheesesteaks logo Charleys Cheesesteaks ▲1 +5.9%
4 F Firehouse Subs logo Firehouse Subs - +2.4%
5 S Subway logo Subway - +1.5%
6 T The Deli - -0.7%
7 A Arby's logo Arby's ▼1 -2.3%
8 P Potbelly Sandwich Shop logo Potbelly Sandwich Shop - -5.8%
9 J Jimmy John's logo Jimmy John's - -10.3%
10 S Santini's New York Style Deli logo Santini's New York Style Deli ▼1 -82.4%
  • Subway
  • Jersey Mike's Subs
  • Potbelly Sandwich Shop
  • Charleys Cheesesteaks
  • Arby's
  • Firehouse Subs
  • McAlister's Deli
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

644 tracked store locations in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Subway (199)
  • Jersey Mike's Subs (63)
  • Potbelly Sandwich Shop (57)
  • Charleys Cheesesteaks (42)
  • Arby's (32)
  • Firehouse Subs (27)
  • McAlister's Deli (6)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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