Trends · data through July 2026

Sandwich Shops in Illinois

Iceflower tracks 943 stores from 63 sandwich shops chains in Illinois. Chicken Salad Chick grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Potbelly Sandwich Shop and Jersey Mike's 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
63
Tracked stores
943
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. Chicken Salad Chick and Potbelly Sandwich Shop sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C Chicken Salad Chick logo Chicken Salad Chick +15.4%
2 P Potbelly Sandwich Shop logo Potbelly Sandwich Shop +7.5%
3 J Jersey Mike's Subs logo Jersey Mike's Subs +5.3%
4 M McAlister's Deli logo McAlister's Deli +3.5%
5 J Jimmy John's logo Jimmy John's ▲1 -0.4%
6 M Mr. Submarine logo Mr. Submarine -0.8%
7 C Charleys Cheesesteaks logo Charleys Cheesesteaks -2.6%
8 F Firehouse Subs logo Firehouse Subs -3.9%
9 P Penn Station East Coast Subs logo Penn Station East Coast Subs -4.3%
10 S Subway logo Subway ▼1 -6.0%
11 W Which Wich logo Which Wich -9.2%
12 Q Quiznos logo Quiznos -13.1%
  • 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

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

  • Jimmy John's (304)
  • Subway (279)
  • Potbelly Sandwich Shop (106)
  • Jersey Mike's Subs (73)
  • McAlister's Deli (37)
  • Charleys Cheesesteaks (29)
  • Mr. Submarine (14)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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