Trends · data through September 2026

Sandwich & Sub Shops in Birmingham, AL

Iceflower tracks 163 stores from 37 sandwich & sub shops in Birmingham, AL. Firehouse Subs grew fastest over the last year, ahead of McAlister's Deli and Subway.

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
37
Tracked stores
163
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. Firehouse Subs and McAlister's Deli sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 F Firehouse Subs logo Firehouse Subs - +12.6%
2 M McAlister's Deli logo McAlister's Deli - +11.6%
3 S Subway logo Subway - +9.2%
4 A Arby's logo Arby's - +0.4%
5 J Jersey Mike's Subs logo Jersey Mike's Subs ▲1 -11.1%
6 J Jimmy John's logo Jimmy John's - -17.6%
7 N Newk's Eatery logo Newk's Eatery ▼1 -20.2%
  • Arby's
  • Subway
  • Firehouse Subs
  • Jimmy John's
  • Jersey Mike's Subs
  • Newk's Eatery
  • McAlister's Deli
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

163 tracked store locations in Birmingham, AL. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Arby's (28)
  • Subway (60)
  • Firehouse Subs (11)
  • Jimmy John's (10)
  • Jersey Mike's Subs (8)
  • Newk's Eatery (4)
  • McAlister's Deli (5)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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