Every official charge for forming an LLC in Hawaii in 2026: the filing fee, the other mandatory state costs, the documents you need, and the filing office's own contact details — taken from the state's published sources, not from a filing service.
| Charge | Amount |
|---|---|
| Filing fee — Articles of Organization for a Hawaii Limited Liability Company (Form LLC-1) | $51 |
| State Archives preservation fee | $1 |
| First-year minimum total | $52 |
The total is the cheapest filing channel plus the fixed mandatory charges that fall due in year one. Variable charges are listed at “No fixed fee” and are not folded into the total.
Articles of Organization for a Hawaii Limited Liability Company (Form LLC-1): Filed with the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Business Registration Division (BREG), under HRS § 428-203 — online via the Hawaii Business Registration portal, or by mail/email/fax/in person on Form LLC-1.
File through the official portal above — third-party filing services charge extra for the same filing.
| Online filing | $51 |
| Paper / by mail filing | $51 |
Total collected is $51: Form LLC-1 states a 'Nonrefundable Filing Fee: $50.00', and DCCA's State Archive Preservation Fee page (HRS § 94-8(c)) confirms a $1 state archives preservation fee is assessed in addition to any other fee for certain permanent documents filed with BREG. No different online vs. paper total is published. Hawaii has no Secretary of State; BREG handles LLC filings.
Once the LLC is formed, these pages work out what it keeps: Hawaii Tax Brackets · Hawaii Income Tax Calculator · Hawaii Paycheck Calculator.
Hawaii requires a annual report — fee $12.50.
Annual report is filed during the calendar quarter matching the LLC's registration quarter (Q1 Jan–Mar, Q2 Apr–Jun, Q3 Jul–Sep, Q4 Oct–Dec), by the last day of that quarter (midnight HST), to avoid a late fee.
Fee shown is the ONLINE fee published by DCCA/BREG: 'Fees for filing Hawaiʻi annual business reports online are as follows: LLCs, profit corporations and LLPs: $12.50'. A $10.00 late fee is assessed per year delinquent. The official DCCA pages do not state a paper/mail annual report fee.
Hawaii's first-year minimum of $52 sits in the full ranking of all 51 jurisdictions — the cheapest first year is Montana at $35 and the most expensive is California at $870.
Official sources — fees verified 3 November 2026:
https://files.hawaii.gov/dcca/breg/registration/forms/llc-1.pdf
https://cca.hawaii.gov/breg/third-quarter-hawaii-annual-business-reports-due-2026/
https://cca.hawaii.gov/breg/state-archive-preservation-fee/
Forming an LLC in Hawaii? This page lists every official state charge for 2026 — filing fee, mandatory extras, the annual report and the documents — with the filing office's own phone, website and portal.
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Every official charge for forming and keeping an LLC in Hawaii in 2026: a $51 filing fee for the Articles of Organization for a Hawaii Limited Liability Company (Form LLC-1), a first-year minimum of $52, the documents the state asks for, and the filing office's own phone, website and portal — read from the state's published sources, not a filing service's price list.
Forming an LLC in Hawaii: you pay $51 to file the Articles of Organization for a Hawaii Limited Liability Company (Form LLC-1) with the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA). With the mandatory year-one charges counted, your first-year minimum is $52; after that the recurring state cost is $12.50 annual report.
Every figure comes from the state's own published fee schedule or statute (the page lists its official sources) and was checked on 3 November 2026. The first-year minimum is the cheapest filing channel plus the fixed mandatory charges that fall due in year one; annual report fees fall due after year one, and variable charges such as newspaper publication have no fixed amount, so both are shown separately rather than folded into the total.
Filing the Articles of Organization for a Hawaii Limited Liability Company (Form LLC-1) costs $51 at the cheapest channel. Counting the mandatory state charges that fall due in year one, the first-year minimum is $52. Registered-agent services and local licences are extra and are not state charges.
Hawaii requires a annual report costing $12.50. Annual report is filed during the calendar quarter matching the LLC's registration quarter (Q1 Jan–Mar, Q2 Apr–Jun, Q3 Jul–Sep, Q4 Oct–Dec), by the last day of that quarter (midnight HST), to avoid a late fee.
Articles of Organization (Form LLC-1); Registered agent in Hawaii. You will also need a free EIN from the IRS — a federal step that is the same in every state.
You file with the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA), Business Registration Division (BREG). Phone: (808) 586-2727. Email: breg@dcca.hawaii.gov. File online at https://hbe.dcca.hawaii.gov.
Beyond the filing fee, Hawaii charges: State Archives preservation fee ($1). Each is itemised on this page with its rule.
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