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Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Business Registration Division (BREG)

Hawaii business entity search

Look up a Hawaii corporation, LLC, or nonprofit. Federal filings are searched on this page. The Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Business Registration Division (BREG) keeps the state registry, and the steps below show how to search it.

Federal filings searched here. The Hawaii registry record is on the official site.

Hawaii registry at a glance

Registry agencyHawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Business Registration Division (BREG)
OfficeDirector of Commerce and Consumer Affairs: Nadine Y. Ando
Phone1-844-808-3222 (option 2 for business registration)
AddressKing Kalakaua Building, 335 Merchant St, Rm 201, Honolulu, HI 96813
Official searchHawaii Business Express Search & Buy
Registry numberFile number

How to search the Hawaii registry

The Hawaii Business Express Search & Buy searches by business name (begins with or contains), registered agent (Agent Search) and entity List Builder.

  1. Open Search & Buy on Hawaii Business Express, the Business Registration Division portal.
  2. Choose Begins with or Contains and type the business name.
  3. Select Search and open the business from the results.
  4. Read its status, file number, registered agent, and annual report history.
  5. Buy a Certificate of Good Standing from the same page if you need official proof of standing.

Open the official Hawaii search

Three numbers, three agencies

Asking for the wrong number is a common reason a search comes back empty.

NumberIssued byWhat it identifies
Federal EINInternal Revenue ServiceIdentifies the business for federal tax. It is the same number in every state.
File numberHawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Business Registration Division (BREG)Identifies the entity's record in the state registry.
General Excise Tax (GET) license numberHawaii Department of TaxationHawaii's general excise tax license is issued by the Department of Taxation, separate from the Business Registration Division file number. The federal EIN is issued by the IRS.

Fees and annual filings

LLC formation$50 (Articles of Organization) plus the $1 State Archives fee
Corporation formation$50 (Articles of Incorporation, profit corporation) plus the $1 State Archives fee
Annual filingAnnual Report
Annual fee, LLC$12.50 online ($15 on the paper fee schedule)
Annual fee, corporation$12.50 online for profit corporations ($15 on paper); $2.50 online for nonprofits
When it is dueFiled each year during the calendar quarter that contains the entity's registration date, by the last day of that quarter (March 31, June 30, September 30, or December 31).
Late filing$10 late fee for each year the report is delinquent. A delinquent entity can be involuntarily dissolved and has two years to apply for reinstatement.
Filed withHawaii Business Registration Division, online

The paper fee schedule was last revised December 2022. Expedited handling is not available during the 2026 system transition.

As published by the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Business Registration Division (BREG), checked 2026-10-06. Fees change, and the official schedule decides.

Forming or running a business in Hawaii

Hawaii entities list a registered agent, and the Business Registration Division offers an agent search that lists the businesses each agent represents.

Hawaii businesses on file

The largest organizations with a Hawaii address in the federal filings searched here, biggest first.

All 34 Hawaii businesses on file

Sources

Facts on this page come from the official pages below, checked 2026-10-06. A fact that could not be confirmed on an official page is left out.

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