Some local companies – including the state’s biggest seller of macadamias – use foreign nuts in some of their products. Local growers and companies that sell only Hawai‘i-grown nuts want a label-of-origin law with added teeth, not the limited version that takes effect Jan. 1.
2025 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award winner: Owner Katie Bennett’s background in law and sociology helps her navigate custody issues.
2025 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award winner: Owner and mechanic Alan Nakamura works to earn customers’ trust in the family business.
2025 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award Hall of Fame: Pua and Heather Rochlen run the family business started in 1964, with six stores across three islands.
2025 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award winner: President Al Kakazu says his main job is to make the customers’ job easier.
2025 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award winner: Roy and Kathy Sakuma operate four studios on O‘ahu, and would “never say no to any parent.”
2025 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award Hall of Fame: Michael and Ursula Hirao make and sell mochi and other Japanese treats from their Iwilei facility.
2025 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Awards Hall of Fame: Lawrence Fujiwara is the third-generation owner of this historic landmark in ‘Ālewa Heights.
2025 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award winner: Co-founders Lawrence Boone and Seneca Klassen grow cacao trees on O‘ahu’s North Shore for their chocolate bars.
37% of businesspeople say Hawai‘i is stagnant, and 33% says we’re in real trouble.
Di Salas is a seasoned marketing and communications leader with more than 15 years of experience in brand strategy, business development, and community engagement. She currently serves as Director of Marketing & Communications at Hawaii Dental Service (HDS), where she…
Melanie Quon, CQA, CMQ/OE, PMP, is an accomplished leader in compliance, quality improvement, and organizational development with over 15 years of experience spanning healthcare, nonprofit, and educational sectors. She currently serves as the Director of Compliance and Privacy Officer at…
Dr. Vinh Tran recently joined Hawaii Dental Service (HDS) as dental director, bringing a wealth of experience in both clinical practice and dental education. With a career spanning private practices and community health centers across Hawaii and the mainland, Dr.…
Brad Inovejas, AIA, LEED AP, has been promoted from Senior Architect to Associate Principal at AHL. With over 25 years of experience, Brad specializes in architecture, planning, and design for large-scale resort and urban hotels, restaurants, commercial mixed-use developments, and…
Hawai’i design firm G70 has announced the promotion of Ross Morishige to principal. In this role, Morishige will provide strategic leadership, support the firm’s growth through business development and strengthen client relationships. He will also continue to oversee key projects…
90 Companies and Nonprofits Where Employees Thrive.
Profiles of business and nonprofit leaders in every sector, from construction and energy to education and health care.
107 organizations donated more than $300 million to help Hawai‘i’s nonprofits, with a significant portion going to support Maui’s recovery.
The No. 1 company earned $297 million in profit last year; the last-place company lost almost as much.
The 41st annual ranking of the state’s largest companies and nonprofits shows revenue was up, but the Lahaina catastrophe was widely felt – especially among small and medium businesses with Maui operations.
Hawaii Business Magazine identified the leading real estate companies and invited them to submit their Top Performers. This page profiles many of these Top Performers in real estate. Consider these agents and companies when preparing to make your next real estate transaction.
Kaiser Permanente Hawaii helps build healthier communities for all
Nearly 500 students and professionals gathered to celebrate mentorship and student excellence
A Program Built for Women Ready to Grow
Introducing the next generation of construction leaders
Beyond dental plans, HDS is deeply committed to improving oral health throughout Hawai‘i, especially in underserved rural communities.
Tip Top Motel, Cafe & Bakery’s bestselling oxtail soup uses Chinese and mustard cabbage, long rice, bamboo shoots, green onion and plenty of meat.
Rainbow Photo Video caters to amateurs and pros who love the traditional film-processing method.
Pu‘unēnē Mill on Maui was bought by Nan Inc., though much of it may be demolished.
O‘ahu’s original makers market offers original items from illustrators, clothes makers, woodworkers and others.
But have you tried Diamond Bakery’s ube, liliko‘i and Kona coffee shortbread cookies?
AccesSurf’s Ann Yoshida, left, a training specialist and the only adaptive athlete inducted into the Hawaii Waterman Hall of Fame, and AccessSurf Executive Director Cara Short helped run the 2022 Hawai‘i Adaptive Surfi ng Championships in June. It was the…
From his Kalihi workshop, Dexter Freitas has sharpened blades for cooks, print shops, furniture makers and others since 1988.
A certified forest-therapy guide leads visitors and locals into the woods.
Ki-Lin Reece is a luthier at KR Strings, where he restores family heirlooms and old Hawaiian instruments.
Joseph Eppink is a death doula, a gift he discovered as a hospice volunteer during the AIDS crisis.
Michelle Clemen left a nursing career for creative work, and assures the skeptical that “you can make a living from being an artist.”
Shannon McCormick says hearing tests and hearing aids fittings are just part of her duties as a doctor of audiology.
Here’s how three Title I schools are making improvements, including expanded assessments, tutoring, and after-school and summer learning.
The standoff at Maunakea helped spur a new effort at finding solutions after more than a century of mismanagement of the Hawaiian Kingdom’s ceded lands, often called Kingdom Lands.
While the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and ali‘i trusts collect land rents from 18 hotels, some Hawaiian groups are aiming for ownership.
Firearm registrations are up 280.5% since 2000, with gun deaths rising sharply as well. Should Hawai‘i be doing more to control firearms?
Rules and policies can leave parents broke and jobless, or push them back to work long before they or their infants are ready. Can the system be fixed?
The governor’s power to fill vacant seats in the state Legislature has been used at least 82 times. Some appointees then launched big political careers.
1969 In 1969, Bill Guss opened Labor Services Inc. to provide a flexible, on-demand workforce to O‘ahu warehouses, trucking companies, contractors, and naval shipyards. From his office across the street from Waikīkī Beach, he would raise a blue flag to…
Shipping companies are start of operations at the new Kapalama Container Terminal beginning in the fall, slow revenue growth, probable rate hikes, and more sustainable shipping practices. Although the numbers fluctuate somewhat month…
When customers trust your business, they choose you – and they keep coming back. For over a century, BBB has helped businesses build credibility and stand out with confidence. Hawai‘i’s most successful companies prove that earning customers’ trust is the key to lasting success.
