Welcome to Hawai‘i Business Express (HBE)

HBE is the quick & easy way to do your filings to start a new business in Hawai‘i. To use HBE, you need to have or create an eHawaii.gov account. Choosing either Wizard or QuickFile will lead you to create an account.

Wizard - We'll guide you

The Wizard guides you through questions. Based on your answers, it determines the forms and enters the information for you to start a brand new business. New Business?

One submission gives you:

A filing with Business Registration, DCCA and a Taxpayer ID from Dept. of Tax and a filing with Dept. of Labor (if needed)

Start the Wizard

QuickFile - Pick your own forms

In QuickFile, you can select the specific forms you need, fill them in and submit online.

Choose forms:

File with Business Registration
Get Taxpayer ID from State Dept. of Tax

Use QuickFile