Trends · data through August 2026

Sandwich Shops in California

Iceflower tracks 1,050 stores from 149 sandwich shops chains in California. Which Wich grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Jimmy John's and Pret A Manger.

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
149
Tracked stores
1,050
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked sandwich shops 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. Which Wich and Jimmy John's sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 W Which Wich logo Which Wich - +18.2%
2 J Jimmy John's logo Jimmy John's ▲1 +13.0%
3 P Pret A Manger logo Pret A Manger ▲2 +12.9%
4 T THH Sandwiches ▲1 +11.0%
5 S Submarina ▲1 +9.5%
6 M Mendocino Farms logo Mendocino Farms - +9.0%
7 P Port of Subs logo Port of Subs ▲1 +8.6%
8 U Urbane Cafe logo Urbane Cafe - +8.5%
9 D Deli Delicious - +7.7%
10 M Mr Pickles Sandwich Shop logo Mr Pickles Sandwich Shop ▼1 +7.6%
11 C Cheba Hut "Toasted" Subs logo Cheba Hut "Toasted" Subs - +7.5%
12 J Jersey Mike's Subs logo Jersey Mike's Subs - +7.2%
13 B Bruxie logo Bruxie ▼1 +5.2%
14 C Charleys Cheesesteaks logo Charleys Cheesesteaks ▼1 +3.7%
15 I Ike's Love & Sandwiches logo Ike's Love & Sandwiches - +2.9%
  • Subway
  • Jersey Mike's Subs
  • Mendocino Farms
  • Jimmy John's
  • Charleys Cheesesteaks
  • Firehouse Subs
  • Urbane Cafe
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,050 tracked store locations in California. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Subway (338)
  • Jersey Mike's Subs (207)
  • Mendocino Farms (44)
  • Jimmy John's (66)
  • Charleys Cheesesteaks (46)
  • Firehouse Subs (35)
  • Urbane Cafe (32)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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