There are many companies that do business in the state of Hawaii and each has a unique Business Name for their Hawaii Company.

If you have an idea for a Business, the Name of your Hawaii Company can be very important for a number of reasons.  The right Name for your Hawaii Company can increase sales and make your Hawaii Business more credible.

Reserving a name for your Hawaii Company could reduce the processing time for your application to form a Hawaii Corporation or LLC with the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

Hawaii Company Name Reservation protects a Business Name by giving the owner exclusive rights to the use of that Company Name during the time the Hawaii Company is being organized and afterward while doing Business in the state of Hawaii.

We can Reserve your Hawaii Company Name with the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs for only $29 + Hawaii state fees.

We will check to make sure that your Hawaii Company Name is available and conforms to all state of Hawaii Business Naming regulations.

You can easily Reserve a Hawaii Company Name by choosing one of the Hawaii Business Type options in the Hawaii Company Name Reservation Cost Estimator just to the right; then clicking on the Order Form link.

Please note that the availability of a Hawaii Company Name can change at any time so if you're worried that someone else may snatch your Hawaii Company Name you might want to Reserve that Hawaii Company Name online today.

You need to use a Hawaii Company Name which is not the same or too similar to the Business Name of any other entity operating in the state of Hawaii.  The Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs will not approve a Hawaii Company Name which is so similar to another Hawaii Company Name (Corporation or LLC) as to be likely to be mistaken for it.

Your Hawaii Company Name can identify the type of products and/or services your Hawaii Corporation or Hawaii LLC will provide; or it may be the name of the founder; or it can be a combination of the two or even something else.

In any case, the Hawaii Company Name that you choose must be distinguishable from the name of any other registered Hawaii Business entity and the name must also be different from any Reserved Company Names on record with the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.  Your Hawaii Company Name must not imply that it was formed for a purpose other than that stated in your formation documents and your Hawaii Company Name must not be a name that is likely to mislead the public.

If you are planning on starting a Hawaii Corporation then your name must include the words "Incorporated", "Corporation", "Inc." or "Corp.".  If you are planning on starting a Hawaii LLC then your name must include the words "LLC" or "Limited Liability Company".

Here are some general guidelines to keep in mind when you come up with your Hawaii Company Name:

• Your Hawaii Company Name must include only English letters and numbers or Roman numerals.
• Punctuation DOES NOT make Hawaii Company Names distinguishable from each other.
  For example, "A.B.C., Inc." is not distinguishable from "ABC, Inc."
• Plural forms of the same word DO NOT make the Hawaii Company Names distinguishable from each other.
• A suffix added to a word or any other deviation from or derivative of the same word DOES NOT make Hawaii Company Names distinguishable from each other.
• Hawaii Company Names are NOT DISTINGUISHABLE if the only difference is the abbreviation of a word in the name.  For example, "HI Auto Store, Inc." is not distinguishable from "Hawaii Auto Store, Inc."
• Hawaii Company Names are NOT DISTINGUISHABLE if the only difference is a phonetic spelling of the same word.  For example, "Boyz, Inc." is not distinguishable from "Boys, Inc."

It's important to choose a good name for your Hawaii Business because if you want to change it after you form your Hawaii Company you will have to file amended formation documents with the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (and pay a fee).

Exclusive rights gives the person who Reserved a Company Name for a Hawaii Business the exclusive right to the use of that name.

An exclusive right means that no one else may use the Hawaii Company Name which you Reserved for your Hawaii Business.  This includes both the time during which you are forming your Hawaii Corporation or LLC and afterward when you are doing Business in the state of Hawaii.

To find out how much it will cost to Reserve a Hawaii Company Name, choose a Hawaii Company Option on one of the Hawaii Company Name Reservation Cost Calculators on this web page.  The total cost will be displayed automatically.

Processing times for new Hawaii Company Name Reservations vary depending on the work load of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs's staff.  We've found that normal processing of a new Hawaii Company Name Reservation takes the state around 5 business days.

We are dependent on, and have no control over, the staff and systems of the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

In our experience 5 business days is the time it usually takes the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to process a new Hawaii Company Name Reservation.  We get your Hawaii Company Reservation request to the HI Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs ASAP.  Once it is at the state we have no control over the new Hawaii Company Name approval process.

Once you Reserve a Name for your Hawaii Company it is valid for 120 days.  You must file your Hawaii Business formation documents (Articles of Incorporation for new Corporations or Articles of Organization for new LLCs) with the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs within that time period.

If you don't use the Hawaii Company Name which you have Reserved you can Reserve it again unless some other Hawaii Business has Reserved the Name before you do.

If you are ready to Reserve a Hawaii Company Name Online now, simply fill in the Company Name Reservation Order Form below and press the Place Order button. If you have any questions you can call us at 855-771-2477 or email us at CorpServices@AllBizDocs.com.