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V O L . X X V I I I N O. X X X 22 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 Maine employees / Maine offices Total employees / Total offices Type of business Woman owner(s) / Percent ownership / Year founded 1 SaviLinx 74 Orion St., Brunswick 04011 607-4433 • savilinx.com 130 2 476 4 BPO and contact center services Heather D. Blease 95% 2013 2 MERT Enterprises 233 Bomarc Road, Bangor 04401 942-4585 • mertenterprises.org 100 1 110 1 Supported living provider and community support services Mary Ellen Rush 100% 1992 3 MaineWorks LLC 494 Forest Ave., Portland 04101 650-9179 • maineworks.us 80 1 100 2 Social staffing for industrial construction Margo Walsh 100% 2011 4 Auburn Manufacturing Inc. 34 Walker Road, Mechanic Falls 04256 402-3838 • auburnmfg.com 49 2 49 2 Manufacturer of textiles to protect against fire and extreme heat Kathie Leonard 100% 1979 5 Standard Waterproofing Inc. 1020 Augusta Road, Winslow 04901 872-5552 • standard-waterproofing. com 46 1 46 1 Construction specialty subcontractor Theresa Thompson 94% 1984 6 Loyal Biscuit Co. 408 Main St., Rockland 04841 594-5269 • loyalbiscuit.com 44 6 44 6 Pet supply store and self-serve dog wash Heidi Neal 90% 2010 7 Dean & Allyn Inc. 116 Lewiston Road, Gray 04039 657-5646 • deanandallyn.com 38 1 38 1 Fire protection contractor Peggy D. Stewart 60% 1995 8 ASK…for Home Care P.O. Box 389, 641 St. George Road, South Thomaston 04858 354-7077 • askforhomecare.com 36 1 36 1 Home health agency Joanne Miller, Jodie Heal 100% 1982 9 Champoux Insurance Agency 150 East Ave., Lewiston 04240 783-2246 • MaineInsuranceOnline.com 36 5 36 5 Independent insurance agency Diane Champoux 100% 1954 10 Green with Envy Salon 25 Mechanic St., Camden 04843 236-3689 • greenenvysalon.com 36 4 36 4 Green salon offering hair, skin and nail services Marlene Cohn 100% 2011 11 Ganneston Construction Corp. 3025 N. Belfast Ave., Augusta 04330 621-8505 • gannestonconstruction. com 35 1 35 1 General contractor, construction manager and design builder Stacey Morrison 100% 1963 12 Grampa's Garden Inc. 62 Park Drive, Topsham 04086 373-0770 • GrampasGarden.com 35 2 35 2 Natural therapeutic manufacturing and retail distributor Jacqueline Painchaud 97% 1993 13 H.E. Callahan Construction Co. 2664 Turner Road, Auburn 04212 784-6927 • hecallahan.com 35 1 35 1 General construction, design build, construction and property management Christine Kendall 100% 1948 14 KMA Human Resources Consulting 251 U.S. Route 1, Falmouth 04105 781-6460 • kmahr.com 30 1 42 4 HR and compensation consulting and recruiting Kim Anania 100% 2007 15 Rinck Advertising Inc. 113 Lisbon St., Lewiston 04240 755-9470 • rinckadvertising.com 30 1 35 1 Full-service marketing and advertising agency Laura Rinck 51% 2001 Maine's largest woman-owned businesses Ranked by number of Maine employees ALTERNATE RANKING: OLDEST WOMAN-OWNED COS. Year founded 1 H.E. Callahan Construction Co. 1948 2 Champoux Insurance Agency 1954 3 Ganneston Construction Corp. 1963 4 Auburn Manufacturing Inc. 1979 5 ASK…for Home Care 1982 6 Standard Waterproofing Inc. 1984 7 Planson International 1989 8 MERT Enterprises 1992 9 Grampa's Garden Inc. 1993 10 Dean & Allyn Inc. 1995 11 Rinck Advertising Inc. 2001 12 Pulp+Wire 2004 13 iBec Creative 2006 14 KMA Human Resources Consulting 2007 15 Credere Associates LLC 2007 This list was compiled by Heide Martin and published in the Aug. 8, 2022 issue of Mainebiz. N O T E S : BPO = business process outsourcing. S O U R C E : Each company via survey.