Trends · data through September 2026

Sandwich & Sub Shops in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN

Iceflower tracks 389 stores from 56 sandwich & sub shops in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN. McAlister's Deli grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Subway and Firehouse Subs.

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
56
Tracked stores
389
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. McAlister's Deli and Subway sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 M McAlister's Deli logo McAlister's Deli - +6.5%
2 S Subway logo Subway - +3.4%
3 F Firehouse Subs logo Firehouse Subs - +3.2%
4 A Arby's logo Arby's - +2.3%
5 J Jersey Mike's Subs logo Jersey Mike's Subs ▲1 -2.0%
6 P Penn Station East Coast Subs logo Penn Station East Coast Subs - -4.6%
7 P Potbelly Sandwich Shop logo Potbelly Sandwich Shop - -13.9%
8 J Jimmy John's logo Jimmy John's ▼1 -18.1%
9 C Charleys Cheesesteaks logo Charleys Cheesesteaks - -20.9%
10 T Tom & Chee logo Tom & Chee - -38.0%
  • Jungle Jim's International Market
  • Arby's
  • Penn Station East Coast Subs
  • Subway
  • Jersey Mike's Subs
  • Jimmy John's
  • McAlister's Deli
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

389 tracked store locations in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Jungle Jim's International Market (2)
  • Arby's (46)
  • Penn Station East Coast Subs (52)
  • Subway (132)
  • Jersey Mike's Subs (31)
  • Jimmy John's (33)
  • McAlister's Deli (9)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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