Trends · data through August 2026

Sandwich Shops in Illinois

Iceflower tracks 955 stores from 64 sandwich shops chains in Illinois. Potbelly Sandwich Shop grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Jersey Mike's Subs and McAlister's Deli.

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
64
Tracked stores
955
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 - +8.3%
2 J Jersey Mike's Subs logo Jersey Mike's Subs - +6.2%
3 M McAlister's Deli logo McAlister's Deli - +3.9%
4 J Jimmy John's logo Jimmy John's - +0.8%
5 M Mr. Submarine logo Mr. Submarine - +0.6%
6 C Charleys Cheesesteaks logo Charleys Cheesesteaks - -1.9%
7 P Penn Station East Coast Subs logo Penn Station East Coast Subs - -3.6%
8 W Which Wich logo Which Wich - -8.7%
9 S Subway logo Subway - -8.9%
10 F Firehouse Subs logo Firehouse Subs - -9.1%
11 Q Quiznos logo Quiznos - -12.9%
  • 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

955 tracked store locations in Illinois. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Jimmy John's (298)
  • Subway (284)
  • Potbelly Sandwich Shop (116)
  • Jersey Mike's Subs (74)
  • McAlister's Deli (37)
  • Charleys Cheesesteaks (29)
  • Mr. Submarine (14)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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