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V O L . X X I I I N O. X X X 12 BO O K O F L I S T S 2 0 1 8 C O R P O R AT E | P R I VAT E 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 800-441-5713, llbean.com 4,501 1 8 3rd Outdoor equipment and apparel Stephen Smith 1912 2 C.N. Brown Co. 1 C.N. Brown Way, South Paris 04281 743-9212, cnbrown.com 501 2 N/A N/A Operator of Big Apple Stores with 76 locations in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont and full-service energy provider Jeff Jones 1948 3 Lee Auto Malls 777 Center St., Auburn 04210 784-5441, leeauto.com 494 20 3rd & 4th New and used car dealership operations Donald Lee 1936 4 R.H. Reny Inc. 731 Route 1, Newcastle 04553 563-3177, renys.com 487 18 2nd & 3rd Retail stores with 17 store locations and one office-warehouse complex in Maine John Reny 1949 5 Hammond Lumber Co. 2 Hammond Drive, Belgrade 04917 495-3303, hammondlumber.com 485 13 2nd & 3rd Building material retailer and eastern white pine manufacturer with 13 locations Mike Hammond 1953 6 Hancock Lumber 4 Edes Falls Road, Casco 04015 627-4201, hancocklumber.com 472 3 13 6th Timberland company, three Eastern White Pine sawmills, a network of retail lumberyards and home design showrooms Kevin Hancock 1848 7 Puritan Medical Products Co. Hardwood Products Co. 31 School St., P.O. Box 149, Guilford 04443 876-3311, puritanmedproducts.com 466 2 4th Manufacturer of swabs and other single- use products for the healthcare, forensic, controlled environments, food safety and drug manufacturing industries Timothy Templet 1919 8 Pine State Trading Co. 100 Enterprise Ave., Gardiner 04345 800-452-4633, pinestatetrading.com 408 2 3rd Logistics, analytics and marketing services for Pine State Beverage and Maine Spirits Nick Alberding 1941 9 Cross Insurance P.O. Box 1388, 491 Main St., Bangor 04402 800-999-7345, crossinsurance.com 357 21 1st, 2nd & 3rd Retail insurance including marketing, selling and negotiating property and casualty, life and health, bond and employee benefits for commercial, government, individuals and family Royce Cross 1954 10 Geiger 70 Mt. Hope Ave., Lewiston 04240 888-953-9340, geiger.com 235 1 4th & 5th Promotional products distributor and publisher of the Farmers' Almanac Gene Geiger 1878 11 OceanView at Falmouth and Highland Green 20 Blueberry Lane, Falmouth 04105 781-4460, oceanviewrc.com 200 2 2nd Retirement communities John Wasileski 1982 12 Casco Bay Steel Structures Inc. 1 Wallace Ave., South Portland 04106 780-6722, cascobaysteel.com 150 3 1st & 2nd Steel fabricators Wendy and Bryon Tait 1997 13 On Target Utility Services 617 Water St., Gardiner 04345 800-598-0628, ontargetservices.com 139 2 1st & 2nd Utility construction services and underground utility-locating throughout New England John Fallona 1994 (purchased 2004) 14 CPM Constructors 30 Bonney St., Freeport 04032 865-0000, cpmconstructors.com 126 N/A 1st & 2nd Construction Paul Koviell 1985 Year founded 1 Hancock Lumber 1848 2 Chalmers Insurance Group 1857 3 Geiger 1878 4 Messer Truck Equipment 1899 5 L.L.Bean Inc. 1912 6 Puritan Medical Products 1919 7 Lee Auto Malls 1936 8 Pine State Trading Co. 1941 9 C.N. Brown Co. 1948 10 R.H. Reny Inc. 1949 11 Hammond Lumber Co. 1953 12 Cross Insurance 1954 13 Volk Packaging Corp. 1967 14 Beauregard Equipment Inc. 1968 1 Maine Dept. of Labor states L.L.Bean has 4,501 to 5,000 Maine workers, and C.N. Brown has 501 to 1,000 Maine workers. 2 Includes 25 part-time and three seasonal employees. This list was compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher and previously unpublished in Mainebiz. S O U R C E : Each company via survey and Institute for Family-Owned Business