Trends · data through September 2026

Sandwich & Sub Shops in California

Iceflower tracks 3,534 stores from 998 sandwich & sub shops in California. The Hat grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Sourdough & Co. and Mendocino Farms.

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
998
Tracked stores
3,534
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 Hat and Sourdough & Co. sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T The Hat logo The Hat ▲1 +15.2%
2 S Sourdough & Co. ▲3 +14.7%
3 M Mendocino Farms logo Mendocino Farms - +13.8%
4 T Togo's logo Togo's ▲1 +11.6%
5 M Mr Pickles Sandwich Shop logo Mr Pickles Sandwich Shop ▲3 +11.6%
6 W West Coast Sourdough ▲1 +7.6%
7 Q Quiznos logo Quiznos ▲1 +6.8%
8 T The Sandwich Spot logo The Sandwich Spot ▲2 +4.5%
9 J Jimmy John's logo Jimmy John's ▼1 +3.7%
10 U Urbane Cafe logo Urbane Cafe ▼1 +3.1%
11 C Cheba Hut "Toasted" Subs logo Cheba Hut "Toasted" Subs ▲1 +2.9%
12 B Bagel Street Cafe - +2.7%
13 E Erik's DeliCafe - +1.6%
14 G Grater Grilled Cheese - +0.6%
15 J Jersey Mike's Subs logo Jersey Mike's Subs - +0.2%
  • Subway
  • Jersey Mike's Subs
  • Arby's
  • Mendocino Farms
  • Charleys Cheesesteaks
  • The Hat
  • Jimmy John's
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

3,534 tracked store locations in California. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Subway (1,100)
  • Jersey Mike's Subs (273)
  • Arby's (89)
  • Mendocino Farms (68)
  • Charleys Cheesesteaks (84)
  • The Hat (11)
  • Jimmy John's (79)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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