Form an LLC · HI

How to form an LLC in Hawaii

Hawaii LLCs are formed by filing Articles of Organization for Limited Liability Company (Form LLC-1) with the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Business Registration Division — the official filing fee is $50 (see the fee notes below). Corpus prepares and files it for $250 all-in, including your first year of registered-agent service.

Form your Hawaii LLC

What Hawaii requires

Formation document
Articles of Organization for Limited Liability Company (Form LLC-1) verified 2026-09-24
Filing office
Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Business Registration Division verified 2026-09-24
Hawaii filing fee for the Articles of Organization for Limited Liability Company (Form LLC-1)
$50 Articles of Organization (Form LLC-1). verified 2026-09-30
  • Also required: state archives preservation fee — $1, assessed on certain permanent documents filed with BREG. source
  • Optional: $10 reservation of name (optional). source
  • The articles page also lists a $25 expedited-service fee. The portal FAQ says expedited processing is not available at this time; that conflict is recorded under processing. source · source 2 · source 3
Online filing
Yes — You can file Form LLC-1 through the state’s online business registration portal. verified 2026-09-24
Standard processing time
Not yet verified by Corpus — check with Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Business Registration Division
Expedited options
None listed by the state. verified 2026-09-30
  • The portal FAQ says expedited processing is not available. The articles page still lists a $25 expedited-service fee, and neither page states a standard formation processing duration. source · source 2
Name requirement
The name must contain “limited liability company,” “limited company,” or an accepted abbreviation such as LLC, L.L.C., LC, or L.C. verified 2026-09-24
Registered agent
Required — A Hawaii LLC must continuously maintain a registered agent with a Hawaii business address. verified 2026-09-24
LLC statute
Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, Haw. Rev. Stat. Chapter 428 verified 2026-09-24

What you’ll need

The Corpus intake collects this information to prepare the filing. Some questions are asked only when they apply — for example, the management question is asked only when the company has more than one owner.

  • What do you want to name the company?
  • In a sentence, what will the business actually do?
  • Where should official mail go — street, city, state, ZIP?
  • What email should we use for this order?
  • Which industry code fits this business?
  • Besides you, will anyone else have authority to make decisions for the business?
  • Who owns this company?

Hawaii asks nothing beyond the standard questions.

What it costs with Corpus

State fees (filing fee + the state's processing charges)
$51
Registered agent, year one
$100
Corpus service
$99
Total at checkout
$250

$51 = Hawaii’s $50 in formation fees for an online filing + $1 of other state processing charges for the way Corpus files (expedite, card or online-portal fees).

Registered agent renews at $99/yr after the included first year — cancel anytime. Itemized pricing for every state is on the price grid; how Corpus compares to other formation services is on the comparison page.

After you form: staying in good standing

Annual report
Annual report — by March 31, June 30, September 30, or December 31, matching the quarter of the organization date. Not required in the year of organization. verified 2026-09-30
  • The fee schedule page lists a $15 annual report and a $25 expedited-review column. The LLC information sheet states the $12.50 online fee used here as the standard online amount. source
Report fee
$12.50 online or $15.00 by paper (one of the listed methods) verified 2026-09-30
Franchise or privilege tax
Only if the LLC conducts business activity in Hawaii. verified 2026-09-30
  • Rates, caps, thresholds, apportionment and exemptions: see Hawaii Department of Taxation. The general excise tax is activity-based, not a flat tax for an LLC’s existence. source

Comparing what registered-agent service costs after year one across providers? The comparison page publishes renewal prices.

Form it with your AI agent

You don’t have to do the intake here. Any agent that can open a link can run the whole thing — Corpus’s formation tools give it Hawaii’s requirements and live price, it asks you the questions above, and it hands back a prefilled link you review and pay. Paste this into your assistant:

Form an LLC in Hawaii for me with Corpus (corpuslaw.us). Use its formation tools to get Hawaii's requirements and price, ask me what you need, and give me the prefilled link.

The guide is on /agents, the protocol reference is /docs/mcp, and the installable skill for this state is the Hawaii SKILL.md.

Sources

Every verified fact above names where Corpus read it and the date it was last verified. Sources marked secondary are third-party write-ups used only where an official page did not publish the answer.

Corpus is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. Fees and rules change — each verified fact above shows the date Corpus last verified it; anything marked “not yet verified” should be confirmed with the filing office.