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V O L . X X X I N O. X X I X 16 BO O K O F L I S T S 2 0 2 6 C O R P O R AT E | P R I VAT E Year founded 1 Hussey Seating Co. North Berwick 1835 2 Hancock Lumber Casco 1848 3 Chalmers Insurance Group Bridgton 1857 4 Geiger Lewiston 1878 5 Messer Truck Equipment Westbrook 1899 6 L.L.Bean Freeport 1912 7 Prescott Metal Biddeford 1918 8 Puritan Medical Products Co. Guilford 1919 9 Hardwood Products Co. Guilford 1919 10 Means Wealth Management Bangor 1935 11 Lee Auto Malls Auburn 1936 12 Pine State Trading Co. Gardiner 1941 13 Hebert Construction Lewiston 1943 14 Pratt Abbott Garment Care Westbrook 1944 15 CN Brown Co. South Paris 1948 16 R.H. Reny Inc. Newcastle 1949 17 Diversified Communications Portland 1949 18 Estabrook's Yarmouth 1950 19 Baker Co. Sanford 1951 20 Hammond Lumber Belgrade 1953 1 Expected to step down as CEO in spring 2026 2 Data from 2024 survey 3 Lodge was built in 1916. 4 Only companies that responded to the Mainebiz survey were considered for this ranking. This list was compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher and published in the Nov. 3, 2025, issue of Mainebiz. N O T E : Unable to confirm data by press time for Foxcroft's Pleasant River Lumber Co. Inc. N/A = not available. S O U R C E : Each business via survey. Maine's largest family-owned businesses Ranked by number of Maine employees ALTERNATE RANKING: OLDEST FAMILY BUSINESSES 4 Maine's largest family-owned businesses Ranked by number of Maine employees Business Maine employees/ Maine locations/ generations active Type of business Head(s) of company/ year founded 1 L.L.Bean 15 Casco St., Freeport 04033 800-832-1889 • llbean.com 2,600 8 4th, 5th Multichannel retailer of outdoor-lifestyle apparel and footwear Stephen Smith 1 1912 2 Hammond Lumber Co. 2 Hammond Drive, Belgrade 04917 495-3303 • hammondlumber.com 1,200 33 2nd, 3rd, 4th Building materials retailer with window and door showrooms, kitchen and bath design centers, home planning design centers; manufacturer of eastern white pine Mike Hammond 1953 3 C.N. Brown Co. 1 CN Brown Way, South Paris 04281 743-4200 • cnbrown.com 802 86 3rd Convenience stores, gasoline, heating oil, propane, diesel, kerosene and electricity provider Jeff Jones Ken Cannell 1948 4 Hancock Lumber 1267 Poland Spring Road, Casco 04015 627-4201 • hancocklumber.com 664 16 5th, 6th, 7th Pine manufacturer and building materials supplier Paul Wainman Kevin Hancock 1848 5 R.H. Reny Inc. 731 Route 1, Newcastle 04553 563-3177 • renys.com 612 20 3rd Retail stores Adam Reny Faustine Reny John Reny 1949 6 Puritan Medical Products 31 School St., P.O. Box 149, Guilford 04443 876-3311 • puritanmedproducts.com 475 4 4th Swabs and single-use specimen collection devices for healthcare, diagnostics, forensics, controlled environments and environmental sciences Robert Shultz 1919 7 Pine State Trading Co. 2 100 Enterprise Ave., Gardiner 04345 800-452-4633 • pinestatetrading.com 450 3 4th Logistics, analytics and marketing services for Pine State Beverage and Maine Spirits Nick Alberding 1941 8 Cross Insurance 491 Main St., Bangor 04401 800-999-7345 • crossagency.com 441 14 2nd, 3rd, 4th Retail insurance including marketing, selling and negotiating property and casualty, life and health, bond and employee benefits Jonathan Cross 1954 9 Lee Auto Malls 777 Center St., Auburn 04210 784-5441 • leeauto.com 410 13 3rd, 4th Automotive dealerships offering new and pre-owned vehicle sales, service and parts, reconditioning and collision repair John Isaacson 1936 10 Hussey Seating Co. 38 Dyer St. Extention, North Berwick 03906 676-2271 • husseyseating.com 350 2 7th Manufacturer of spectator seating solutions for sports and entertainment, education and performing arts markets Brian Deveaux 1835 11 Geiger 70 Mt. Hope Ave., Lewiston 04240 755-2000 • geiger.com 300 1 5th Promotional products distributor, branded merchandise & apparel, corporate web stores Jo-an Lantz David Geiger 1878 12 OceanView at Falmouth, Highland Green, Cumberland Crossing by OceanView 2 20 Blueberry Lane, Falmouth 04105 781-4460 • oceanviewrc.com 218 3 1st Retirement living communities for independent residents with educational, social, fitness, wellness programs and care continuum, including assisted living and memory care Diane Kibbin John Wasileski 1982 13 Diversified 121 Free St., Portland 04101 842-5500 • divcom.com 201 1 3rd Global events and digital media Theodore Wirth Liz Plizga 1949 14 Funtown Splashtown USA 774 Portland Road, Saco 04072 284-5139 • funtownsplashtownusa.com 200 1 1st, 2nd, 3rd Maine's largest amusement and water park Violet Cormier 1967 15 Bancroft Contracting Corp. 23 Phillips Road, South Paris 04281 743-8946 • bancroftcontracting.com 180 4 2nd, 3rd Construction Mark Bancroft 1977 16 Agren 11 Adamian Drive, Auburn 04210 207-330-3812 • agrenappliance.com 170 7 2nd Appliance and mattress retailer with full delivery and service departments Jason Agren 1969 17 Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding Inc. 84 Knox St., Thomaston 04861 354-6904 • lymanmorse.com 158 3 3rd Boat boatbuilding, yacht service, metal fabrication, yacht brokerage, marina and technologies Drew Lyman 1978 18 Baker Co. 175 Gatehouse Road, Sanford 04073 324-8773 • bakerco.com 150 1 3rd Biological safety cabinets, clean benches, microbiological incubators David Eagleson Dan Eagleson 1951 19 R.J. Grondin & Sons 11 Bartlett Road, Gorham 04038 854-1147 • rjgrondin.com 145 1 3rd, 4th Commercial site work, heavy highway, institutional and underground utilities Larry Grondin 1959 20 Migis Lodge 30 Migis Lodge Road, South Casco 04077 655-4524 • migis.com 140 1 3rd Full American-plan seasonal resort Jed Porta 1968 3 Source: Each business via survey. Note: Unable to confirm data by press time for Foxcroft's Pleasant River Lumber Co. Inc. N/A = not available. 1 Expected to step down as CEO in spring 2026 2 Data from 2024 survey 3 Lodge was built in 1916. - This list was compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher and published in the Nov. 3, 2025, issue of Mainebiz.

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