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Abstract Research estimating market supply often focuses on parametric models. In this paper, we study a non-parametric approach to market supply. We characterize the necessary and sufficient conditions of profit maximization for aggregate market behavior when individual firm supply is unobservable and participants on the supply side vary. We also show how the result changes as additional properties are added such as constraints on net outputs, non-negative profits, and increasing production sets.