Mainebiz

W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 5 BO O K O F L I S T S 2 0 2 6 C O N T E N T S Mainebiz® (ISSN# 1530-0749) is published bi-weekly 29 times a year, including special issues published in July, September, October and December by New England Business Media LLC. Periodicals postage paid (USPS# 018- 715) at Port land, ME and at additional entry points. P O S T M A S T E R : Please send changes to: Mainebiz, 172 Shrewsbury St, Worcester, MA 01604. Book of LIsts is a publication of Mainebiz and is published annually. Copyright 2025. All rights reserved. PUBLISHER Andrea Tetzlaff EDITOR Peter Van Allen DEPUTY EDITOR Renee Cordes DIGITAL EDITOR Alexis Wells SENIOR WRITER Laurie Schreiber STAFF WRITER Tina Fischer CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Mark Jeanneret Carrie Yardley RESEARCH DIRECTOR Stephanie Meagher RESEARCH ASSISTANT Heide Martin ART DIRECTOR Matt Selva HOSPITALITY Buster, Claire, William HOSPITALITY EMERITUS Malcolm, Zoey SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGERS Ken Hanson, Kerry Rasor, Betsy VanderPloeg ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Michelle Phillips EVENTS & MARKETING DIRECTOR Samantha Elliott OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER Allison Spies AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST Leah Allen A division of New England Business Media LLC C E O / GROUP PUBLISHER Peter Stanton P R E S I D E N T Tom Curtin DIGITAL DIRECTOR Jan Holder ON THE COVER: A 50-ton press is used to punch the hole for the eye of an axe head at Brant & Cochran. The company crafts handmade, heirloom-quality Maine wedge-pattern axes near Bug Light in South Portland. 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List toppers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 C O R P O R AT E | P R I VAT E Maine's largest Certified B Corps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Maine's largest ESOPs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Maine's largest family-owned businesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Maine's largest private employers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Maine's largest woman-owned businesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 C O R P O R AT E | P U B L I C Maine-based public companies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Non-Maine public companies doing business here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 E D U CAT I O N / N O N P R O F I T S Maine's largest colleges and universities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Maine's largest social service nonprofits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 F I NA N C E Banks with the largest market share in Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Largest Finance Authority of Maine loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Largest Maine-based banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Largest Maine-based credit unions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Largest Maine Technology Institute investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Maine's largest Small Business Administration loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 H E A LT H CA R E Maine's largest hospitals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Maine's largest assisted living and skilled nursing communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 I N D U S T RY Maine's largest brewers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Largest Maine-based construction firms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Largest transportation projects in Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Maine's largest life sciences firms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 P R O F E S S I O NA L Maine's largest accounting firms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Maine's largest architecture firms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Maine's largest engineering firms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Maine's largest law firms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 R E A L E S TAT E Maine's largest business and industrial parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Maine's largest commercial property leases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Maine's largest commercial property sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 S A L A R I E S Maine's highest-paid lobbyists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Maine's highest-paid public company executives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 University of Maine's highest-paid employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Maine's highest-paid state employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 27 Pearl Street, Portland, ME 04101 National Savvy. 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