Trends · data through September 2026

Sandwich & Sub Shops in Iowa

Iceflower tracks 483 stores from 51 sandwich & sub shops in Iowa. Jersey Mike's Subs grew fastest over the last year, ahead of McAlister's Deli and Sub City.

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
51
Tracked stores
483
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 - +11.0%
2 M McAlister's Deli logo McAlister's Deli - +6.3%
3 S Sub City - +2.1%
4 S Subway logo Subway - +0.1%
5 F Firehouse Subs logo Firehouse Subs - -0.9%
6 J Jimmy John's logo Jimmy John's - -1.2%
7 A Arby's logo Arby's - -1.2%
8 P Palmer's Deli & Market - -1.6%
9 P PepperJax Grill - -3.2%
10 C Charleys Cheesesteaks logo Charleys Cheesesteaks - -3.4%
11 C Capriotti's Sandwich Shop logo Capriotti's Sandwich Shop - -7.4%
12 Q Quiznos logo Quiznos ▲1 -10.8%
13 H Hungry Hobo - -11.0%
14 P Pita Pit logo Pita Pit ▼1 -30.5%
15 P Potbelly Sandwich Shop logo Potbelly Sandwich Shop - -32.5%
  • Jimmy John's
  • Subway
  • Arby's
  • Jersey Mike's Subs
  • Sub City
  • McAlister's Deli
  • Palmer's Deli & Market
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

483 tracked store locations in Iowa. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Jimmy John's (92)
  • Subway (216)
  • Arby's (60)
  • Jersey Mike's Subs (25)
  • Sub City (3)
  • McAlister's Deli (6)
  • Palmer's Deli & Market (3)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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