About Us
Founded in 1889, the Maine State Chamber of Commerce is Maine’s largest business association, serving as The Voice of Maine Business on behalf of thousands of employers of all sizes and sectors across the state. The Maine State Chamber focuses on three pillars - Advocacy, Access, and Awareness - to advance a positive business climate and secure a strong state economy in which Maine businesses can compete and succeed.
As the state’s most influential business advocate, the Maine State Chamber of Commerce works to ensure a business climate in which Maine State Chamber members, large and small, can compete successfully in the local, regional, national, and world marketplaces. The organization promotes a positive business climate in the state of Maine, by focusing on Advocacy, Access, and Awareness. As the state’s premier business advocacy organization, we work to empower the state's business community to collaboratively advance a proactive agenda for economic growth and prosperity in Maine.
Since 1889, the Maine State Chamber has been fighting to lower your cost of doing business. Through our Grassroots Action Network and relationship with local and regional chambers of commerce across the state, we work with a network of approximately 5,000 employers statewide. As Maine’s Chamber, we make sure that the business environment of the state continues to thrive.
Known as The Voice of Maine Business, the Maine State Chamber is a not-for-profit organization supported through membership dues and contributions and advocates daily on behalf of our members’ interests before the legislature and regulatory agencies, and through conferences, seminars, and affiliated programs. Our advocacy team testifies before the Maine Legislature and the state’s regulatory agencies; intervenes in adjudicatory hearings; drafts business-oriented laws and rules; meets regularly with business and state decision-makers; and, keeps members informed through newsletters, emails, alerts, reports, conferences, programs, seminars, and through personal contacts.
As determined by our Board of Directors, the Maine State Chamber of Commerce focuses its legislative efforts on initiatives and policies that preserve the cost of doing business in Maine and improve the regulatory climate in which our employers operate. Our advocacy efforts focus largely on key public policy areas:
Since 1889, the Maine State Chamber has been fighting to lower your cost of doing business. Through our Grassroots Action Network and relationship with local and regional chambers of commerce across the state, we work with a network of approximately 5,000 employers statewide. As Maine’s Chamber, we make sure that the business environment of the state continues to thrive.
Known as The Voice of Maine Business, the Maine State Chamber is a not-for-profit organization supported through membership dues and contributions and advocates daily on behalf of our members’ interests before the legislature and regulatory agencies, and through conferences, seminars, and affiliated programs. Our advocacy team testifies before the Maine Legislature and the state’s regulatory agencies; intervenes in adjudicatory hearings; drafts business-oriented laws and rules; meets regularly with business and state decision-makers; and, keeps members informed through newsletters, emails, alerts, reports, conferences, programs, seminars, and through personal contacts.
As determined by our Board of Directors, the Maine State Chamber of Commerce focuses its legislative efforts on initiatives and policies that preserve the cost of doing business in Maine and improve the regulatory climate in which our employers operate. Our advocacy efforts focus largely on key public policy areas:
- Taxation and the state’s budget;
- Health care and insurance;
- Human resources issues;
- Workers’ compensation;
- Energy and environmental policy
- Education and workforce development;
- Regulatory reform;
- Economic development; and,
- Business regulation ... to name a few.
