Hawaii Business Magazine

Revenues of the 14 Hawaiʻi companies and nonprofit organizations with annual sales greater than $1 billion grew by 3.8% in 2025 and by 12% over the past two-year period. The list is not exactly the same year over year, as some companies drop out, others are added or combined. But the measure is a good approximation of the ranking and economic activity of the state’s largest e...

It was an audacious idea that brought together public officials, civic leaders, corporate donors and activists alike: pool resources, chip in expertise, donate houses, tents and labor, build roads and set up electricity to create a community where some 200 people without houses could relocate from an encampment of makeshift shelters and tents.

An informal public-privat...

For years, veterans cycled through Oʻahu’s homelessness system, moving between programs without finding lasting stability. Then, multiple service providers and organizations came together to compare notes on one vete...

As a business owner, you’re looking for efficiency, innovation, and partnerships you can count on for the long haul. At the HEMIC Family of Companies, we offer all that and more.

We’re proud to be 100% local, with boots on the ground 24/7. Owned by the businesses we insure, we’re staffed entirely in Hawaiʻi and protect workers both on and off the job.

That m...

At least one local I meet each week these days is headed to Japan on vacation. It’s not difficult to see why: The yen recently hit a four-decade low, trading near 162 to the dollar in early July. For a lot of Hawaiʻi families, that’s bittersweet, decades spent fantasizing about a trip that always felt just out of reach.

There’s a quieter story on the other side of the ...