Every Hawaii contractor must hold a state license (CT number).
We don't hold the licensing board's file for Honolulu, so we don't show license status for the 1,035 firms on the permit file. Check each one yourself.
Ask the contractor for the license number and look it up at Hawaii DCCA license search. How to check a contractor's license in Hawaii →
The middle value recorded on this contractor's matching permits. It's a permit value, not a quote or the final price. Ask for a written estimate.
Matching Honolulu permits in the most recent year of our data (Jul 2024–Jun 2025; the file ends Jun 2025). It shows recent recorded activity here, not every job the company did.
For contractors with at least 5 permits a year or more old, the share that were closed, compared with permits of the same trade issued in the same quarter. A permit can stay open because of paperwork or timing, so this isn't a workmanship grade.
How long their permits take from issue to completion, using the city's dates, compared with other Honolulu contractors in the trade. Shown for firms with 10+ permits.
Not shown yet for Honolulu — see the note below.
About the ranking: The score combines how much of this exact work a contractor has on record, how often their older permits reached completion (where we can measure it), how well their usual job size matches your budget, how recently they've been active, and how much of their work is near you. A measure we can't calculate is left out rather than guessed, and a thin record pulls the score toward the middle. A contractor whose matched license has a problem is listed after everyone else. You set the weights with the sliders on every list.
Honolulu specifics: The city's open permit feed stops at June 30, 2025, so this shows July 2022 to June 2025. Roofing and HVAC can't be identified in the data. Hawaii's license list isn't free in bulk, so license status isn't shown.
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