Which are the countries with the highest number of Subway restaurants?
Subway was founded in 1965 and has grown into the world’s largest fast food brand (largest submarine sandwich chain) based upon the number of restaurants operational worldwide. The highest number of Subway restaurants are operational in the United States. More than a half of the total Subway restaurants are in the US. Another notable thing about Subway restaurant chain which primarily sells sandwiches is that the company does not own any of its restaurants. The chain is run wholly by its franchisees. Around 20,000 franchisees from around the world own and run the Subway restaurants.
The number of Subway restaurants operational worldwide has reduced since the pandemic and as of April 2022, there were 36,900 Subway locations in 104 countries.
Take a look at the table below to learn about the leading markets of Subway with the highest number of restaurants in 2022 (and July 2024).
| Market | #Restaurants 2022 | 2024 (July) |
| United States | 21,068 | 19,968 |
| Canada | 2,947 | 2,914 |
| United Kingdom | 2,202 | 2,135 |
| Brazil | 1,624 | 1,559 |
| Australia | 1,223 | 1,221 |
| Mexico | 777 | 792 |
| Germany | 649 | 672 |
| India | 621 | 811 |
| China | 413 | 611 |
| Russia | 450 | 413 |
| France | 385 | 357 |
| South Korea | 484 | 579 |
| Malaysia | 270 | 357 |
| NewZealand | 244 | 239 |
| Colombia | 239 | 215 |
| Saudi Arabia | 206 | 201 |
| Japan | 190 | 198 |
| Netherlands | 190 | 171 |
| Finland | 186 | 182 |
| Chile | 182 | 201 |
| Poland | 174 | 173 |
| Sweden | 164 | 158 |
| Ireland | 138 | 129 |
| Thailand | 125 | 147 |
| Singapore | 124 | 142 |
| UAE | 122 | 119 |
| Taiwan | 120 | 128 |
| Pakistan | 99 | 113 |
| El Salvador | 84 | 91 |
| Turkey | 76 | |
| Panama | 70 | |
| Guatemala | 69 | |
| Argentina | 66 | |
| Costa Rica | 65 | |
| Switzerland | 55 | |
| Spain | 53 |
Top five markets of Subway in 2022
The leading five markets of Subway include the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Brazil and Australia. United States is the largest market with the highest number of Subway restaurants. Total number of Subway restaurants in 2019 in the US was 23,867 and fell to 21,068 in 2022. Canada is the second largest market of Subway based upon the number of restaurants. In 2019, Canada had 3,127 Subway restaurants and the number fell to 2,947 in 2022. United Kingdom had 2,427 restaurants in 2021 but their number was down to 2,202 in 2022. Brazil and Australia had 1,869 and 1,305 restaurants respectively in 2019, but their numbers have come down to 1,624 and 1,223 respectively in 2022.