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Starting an LLC in Hawaii: what you should know first
Filing a Hawaii LLC costs $51. The Domestic Limited Liability Company Annual Report costs $12.50 a year. Our pick is Mainstay Filing; $673 covers three years.
By kind of owner
- Side hustle
- Quiet-year cost: $211.50 in year 2 with Mainstay Filing, including the $12.50 state report in that year.
- Online business
- Required registered agent. The address has to be a place of business with a street address in Hawaii. P.O. boxes are not accepted.
- Startup
- Filing: Articles of Organization for Limited Liability Company (LLC-1) with the Hawaii Secretary of State. Write the operating agreement before you open the bank account.
- First-time owner
- Report due: Last day of the quarter in which the LLC was organized.
Questions
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Mainstay Filing: $250 in year 1 including the $51 filing fee, $211.50 in year 2.
Sources
- Hawaii formation fee: Filing fee, official source read 2026-10-01: cca.hawaii.gov/breg/registration/dllc/, checked October 1, 2026
- Hawaii formation fee: Filing fee, official source read 2026-10-01: cca.hawaii.gov/breg/registration/dllc/fees/, checked October 1, 2026
- Hawaii DCCA Business Registration Division release of July 1, 2026 ($12.50 online, $15 on paper; $10 late fee per year delinquent, which supersedes the $100-per-30-days maximum printed on the older Form C5): cca.hawaii.gov/breg/third-quarter-hawaii-annual-business-reports-due-2026/, checked October 1, 2026
- Hawaii yearly filing: Annual report: fee, official source read 2026-10-01: files.hawaii.gov/dcca/breg/registration/forms/c5.pdf, checked October 1, 2026
- Hawaii registered agent statute (Haw. Rev. Stat. § 428-107): www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol08_Ch0401-0429/HRS0425R/HRS_0425R-0004.htm, checked October 20, 2026