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V O L . X X V I I I N O. X X X 14 BO O K O F L I S T S 2 0 2 3 C O R P O R AT E | P R I VAT E Year founded 1 F.O. Bailey Company 1819 2 Hussey Seating Co. 1835 3 Hancock Lumber 1848 4 Geiger 1878 5 L.L.Bean 1912 6 Puritan Medical Products Co. 1919 7 Means Wealth Management 1935 8 Lee Auto Malls 1936 9 Pine State Trading Co. 1941 10 Pratt Abbott Garment Care 1944 1 Figure from most recent survey response in 2019; Maine's Center for Workforce Research and Information ranks L.L. Bean as the seventh largest private employer statewide, with an employee count from 3,501 to 4,000 as of March 2022. L.L. Bean's press kit indicates 400+ manufacturing employees at the Brunswick and Lewiston plants. 2 Named a Best Place to Work in Maine since 2014 3 Lodge was built in 1916. 4 A division of Capozza Tile & Floor Covering Center 5 Founding of company precedes Maine statehood in 1820. 6 Manufacturing in Rockland, retail location coming soon to Waterville This list was compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher and published in the Oct. 31, 2022 issue of Mainebiz. S O U R C E : Each business via survey. Note: N/A = not available. Maine's largest family-owned businesses Ranked by number of Maine employees ALTERNATE RANKING: OLDEST FAMILY BUSINESSES Maine employees / Maine Locations Generations currently active Type of business Person(s) in charge / Year Founded 1 L.L.Bean Inc. 15 Casco St., Freeport 04033 800-832-1889 • llbean.com 3,300 1 16 4th, 5th Multichannel merchant of outdoor gear and apparel Stephen Smith 1912 2 Hammond Lumber Co. 2 Hammond Drive, Belgrade 04917 495-3303 • hammondlumber.com 840 21 4th Building materials retailer and manufacturer of eastern white pine Mike Hammond 1953 3 Puritan Medical Products Co. 31 School St., P.O. Box 149, Guilford 04443 876-3311 • puritanmedproducts.com 800 2 4th Manufacturer of swabs and single- use specimen collection devices for healthcare, diagnostics, forensics, controlled environments and environmental sciences Timothy Templet, Robert Shultz 1919 4 CN Brown Co. 1 CN Brown Way, South Paris 04281 743-9212 • cnbrown.com 772 87 3rd Convenience stores, heating oil, electricity provider, propane, gasoline, diesel and kerosene Jeff Jones, Jamie Jones Cormier 1948 5 Hancock Lumber 2 1267 Poland Spring Road, Casco 04015 627-4201 • hancocklumber.com 630 12 5th, 6th, 7th Integrated forest products company operating high-efficiency white pine sawmills, network of lumberyards, truss and wall panel manufacturing facilities and full-service kitchen design showrooms Kevin Hancock 1848 6 Geiger 70 Mt. Hope Ave., Lewiston 04240 755-2000 • geiger.com 561 1 5th Promotional products distributor and publisher of the Farmers' Almanac Jo-an Lantz, Chris McKee, David Geiger 1878 7 R.H. Reny Inc. 731 Route 1, Newcastle 04553 563-3177 • renys.com 477 18 3rd Retail stores with 17 store locations and one office-warehouse location in Maine Adam Reny, Faustine Reny, John Reny 1949 8 Pine State Trading Co. 100 Enterprise Ave., Gardiner 04345 800-452-4633 • pinestatetrading.com 440 4 3rd Logistics, analytics and marketing services for Pine State Beverage and Maine Spirits Nick Alberding 1941 9 Lee Auto Malls 777 Center St., Auburn 04210 784-5441 • leeauto.com 430 15 3rd, 4th Auto dealerships and finance companies for new and used automobiles Tom Santospago, Bill Menke, Adam Lee, John Isaacson, Donald Lee 1936 10 Cross Insurance 491 Main St., Bangor 04401 800-999-7345 • crossagency.com 408 2nd, 3rd Retail insurance including marketing, selling and negotiating property and casualty, life and health, bond and employee benefits Jonathan Cross 1954

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