Surface Shield Roofing Co.: 2022 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award Winner – Specialty Construction
Over the last 15 years, this growing company has expanded from a team of two to about 65 employees.
Small Biz Editor's Choice Awards
Ho‘okele Health Services and Vivia: 2022 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award Winner – Health Care
The founders say a new way of organizing home health care is better for patients, their families and the caregivers who help them.
Nathan Wood General Contractor: 2022 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award Winner – Kaua‘i
The family construction business has focused on the island’s renewable energy sector for 15 years.
Industrial Battery Solutions: 2022 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award Winner – Industrial
Their niche is batteries for forklifts, which “move everything that you eat, buy (and) touch.”
Island Maid: 2022 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award Winner – Long-term Success
The 41-year-old company keeps alive the flavors that Hawai‘i’s people grew up with.
Goldwings Supply Service: 2022 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award Winner – Native Hawaiian Owned
At 35, the company continues expanding and diversifying beyond its origin as an aircraft parts supplier.
The Best of Small Business 2021
Profiles of 16 local companies that have survived and thrived, including companies that made the 2021 Hawaiʻi Small Business Hall of Fame.
Maui Varieties LTD. / House Mart Inducted into Hawaiʻi Small Business Hall of Fame
Maui Varieties is the parent company of 14 Ace Hardware and six Ben Franklin stores in Hawai‘i, as well as five stores in Seattle and Oregon, and two in Las Vegas. Maui Varieties also owns two Daiso discount stores on Oʻahu, which specialize in Japanese products.
GBC Boxes & Packaging Inducted into Hawaiʻi Small Business Hall of Fame
GBC Boxes & Packaging was founded by George and Bertha Chu in 1972, and originally sold Hawaiian souvenirs wholesale to stores statewide, including ABC Stores.
