Trends · data through September 2026

Sandwich & Sub Shops in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA

Iceflower tracks 131 stores from 22 sandwich & sub shops in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA. Jersey Mike's 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
22
Tracked stores
131
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. Jersey Mike's Subs and McAlister's Deli sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 J Jersey Mike's Subs logo Jersey Mike's Subs - +13.4%
2 M McAlister's Deli logo McAlister's Deli - +8.0%
3 S Subway logo Subway - +1.2%
4 J Jimmy John's logo Jimmy John's - +0.5%
5 P Palmer's Deli & Market - -1.3%
6 A Arby's logo Arby's - -5.8%
7 F Firehouse Subs logo Firehouse Subs - -12.9%
8 Q Quiznos logo Quiznos - -16.0%
  • Jimmy John's
  • Subway
  • Arby's
  • Jersey Mike's Subs
  • Palmer's Deli & Market
  • McAlister's Deli
  • Charleys Cheesesteaks
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

131 tracked store locations in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Jimmy John's (31)
  • Subway (48)
  • Arby's (16)
  • Jersey Mike's Subs (7)
  • Palmer's Deli & Market (3)
  • McAlister's Deli (3)
  • Charleys Cheesesteaks (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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