Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Sandwich shop chains worldwide
RevenueBase identified 1,445 sandwich shop chains worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 212,973 professional contacts across them, including 7,533 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Sao Paulo the largest hub.
This list covers sandwich shop chains worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 22, 2026. Country and city lists for sandwich shop chains follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest sandwich shop chains worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 79,096 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Subway is one of the world's largest quick service restaurant brands, serving freshly made-to-order sandwiches, wraps, salads and bowls to millions of guests, across over 100…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 18,141 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Waffle House restaurants have been serving Good Food Fast® since 1955.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 16,930 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Arby’s, founded in 1964, is the second-largest sandwich restaurant brand in the world with more than 3,400 restaurants in seven countries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 14,490 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “THE SANDWICH OF SANDWICHES℠ At Jimmy John's, we don't make sandwiches.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 13,854 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Jack in the Box has always been the place for those who live outside the box.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 10,144 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Jersey Mike’s, a fast-casual sub sandwich franchise with more than 3,100 locations open nationwide, believes that making a sub sandwich and making a difference can be one and the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 8,316 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Greggs is a leading food-on-the-go retailer with over 2,400 shops nationwide and serving over six million customers a week.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 6,157 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Firehouse Subs® is a restaurant chain with a passion for hearty and flavorful food, heartfelt service and public safety.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 3,603 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 1989, McAlister’s Deli® is a fast casual restaurant chain known for its genuine hospitality, sandwiches, spuds, soups, salads, desserts and McAlister’s Famous Sweet…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 2,710 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Potbelly is a neighborhood sandwich shop that has been feeding customers’ smiles with signature oven-toasted sandwiches, soups, hand-dipped shakes, cookies baked fresh daily and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 1,987 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “JOE & THE JUICE is a fast-growing freshly made juice, coffee, and sandwich concept.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 1,496 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Bold flavors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 1,268 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Penn Station East Coast Subs is a 40-year-old sandwich brand with 320+ locations, built on a simple philosophy: when franchise owners succeed, the brand grows.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 1,144 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1978, Au Bon Pain (“from good bread”) has grown into an internationally recognized leader in the fast-casual restaurant category.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 1,144 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Schlotzsky’s® is a fast-casual restaurant franchise that started in 1971 and is home to The Original® oven-baked sandwich.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 1,103 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “McDonald's launched its first restaurant in Lahore, Pakistan in September 1998, kicking off excitement and zeal throughout the city.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 984 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Há mais de 40 anos o Rei do Mate vem traçando uma história de sucesso.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 722 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome to Cook Out, May I take your order, please!" It has been nearly 30 years and counting since these words were first spoken.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 683 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The first Supermac’s opened its doors in 1978 in Main Street Ballinasloe, Co.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 635 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Mendocino Farms, we turn creative sandwiches, salads and more into your favorite food experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 486 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Since our founding in Wilmington, Delaware in 1976, Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop has done things differently, creating flavor profiles unmatched in the fast casual segment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 406 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Wooden Bakery was founded in Jal El Dib Lebanon in 1969 by Mr.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 395 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Wisconsin-based Cousins Subs®, a family-owned, fast casual sub shop established in 1972 by Bill Specht and his cousin, is driven by the mission to Believe in Better – both in the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 373 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 2005, Redberry Group is one of the largest quick-service restaurant franchisees in Canada with more than 185 locations under the banners of BURGER KING, Taco Bell, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 343 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “E.A.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: sandwich shop chains. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names sandwich shop chains.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of sandwich shop chains, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name sandwich shop chains. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Sandwich shop chains worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 22, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among sandwich shop chains, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for sandwich shop chains are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “sandwich shop chains”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names sandwich shop chains), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among sandwich shop chains, and records with no verified work email.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 7,533 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 22, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Sandwich shop chains by location
4 lists · largest firstEvery Sandwich shop chains list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names sandwich shop chains, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many sandwich shop chains are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 1,445 sandwich shop chains worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Subway, headquartered in Miami, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most sandwich shop chains?
The United States leads with 556 companies, followed by the Netherlands (82) and the United Kingdom (80). Every sandwich shop chains list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most sandwich shop chains?
Sao Paulo leads with 14 headquartered companies, followed by London (13) and Paris (12).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 7,533 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,445 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 22, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.