Trends · data through August 2026

Sandwich Shops in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Iceflower tracks 752 stores from 61 sandwich shops chains in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Potbelly Sandwich Shop grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Jersey Mike's Subs and Jimmy John's.

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
61
Tracked stores
752
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. Potbelly Sandwich Shop and Jersey Mike's Subs sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 P Potbelly Sandwich Shop logo Potbelly Sandwich Shop - +8.4%
2 J Jersey Mike's Subs logo Jersey Mike's Subs - +5.3%
3 J Jimmy John's logo Jimmy John's ▲1 +0.8%
4 M Mr. Submarine logo Mr. Submarine - +0.4%
5 M McAlister's Deli logo McAlister's Deli - -1.5%
6 P Penn Station East Coast Subs logo Penn Station East Coast Subs - -2.6%
7 C Charleys Cheesesteaks logo Charleys Cheesesteaks - -5.4%
8 S Subway logo Subway ▼1 -8.1%
9 F Firehouse Subs logo Firehouse Subs - -8.8%
10 W Which Wich logo Which Wich - -10.9%
11 Q Quiznos logo Quiznos - -14.9%
  • Jimmy John's
  • Subway
  • Potbelly Sandwich Shop
  • Jersey Mike's Subs
  • McAlister's Deli
  • Charleys Cheesesteaks
  • Mr. Submarine
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

752 tracked store locations in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Jimmy John's (225)
  • Subway (211)
  • Potbelly Sandwich Shop (109)
  • Jersey Mike's Subs (57)
  • McAlister's Deli (23)
  • Charleys Cheesesteaks (28)
  • Mr. Submarine (14)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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