197 home builders filed 1,572 new home permits on homes in the City & County of Honolulu (Oʻahu) from July 2022 to June 2025; 122 filed one in the last 12 months on file. The middle filed job value was $370,000. The most active in the last 12 months on file were Castle & Cooke Homes Hi, Inc (134 permits), Gentry Builders LLC (42) and Vertical Construction (22); busy is not the same as careful. Side by side: permits filed, share finished and permits in the last 12 months on file for each firm. Pick what you value and the list re-orders.
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Top 5 by new home permits filed in the last 12 months on file, Jul 2024–Jun 2025. This is volume, not quality: a busy firm is not necessarily a careful one.
The 8 ZIP codes with the most new home permits on homes from July 2022 to June 2025. Each opens permits by trade and the most active firms there.
96706 (476) 96797 (272) 96816 (102) 96707 (74) 96744 (56) 96817 (50) 96822 (49) 96734 (47)
Before you move a slider, the list is in a default order built only from the permit record: how much of each firm’s record is this kind of job (weight 30), how often its permits reached completion (25), how many permits it filed in the last 12 months on file (15) and how quickly its permits closed (10). Each measure is ranked against the other 197 firms and pulled toward the middle when a record is short.
The order comes from the Honolulu permit file, not from reviews: 122 of 197 home builders filed a permit in the last 12 months on file and 89% of their permits a year or more old were finished. Nobody pays to be listed or to move up, and there are no star ratings or reviews. The sliders and presets change the weights, and the order changes with them. How the records work in Honolulu.
We do not rate contractors. In this page’s default order, which uses only the permit record through Jun 2025, the top 3 are Castle & Cooke Homes Hi, Inc (266 permits, 100% finished), Vertical Construction (503 permits, 92% finished) and Gentry Builders LLC (157 permits, 97% finished). By permits filed alone, the most active is Vertical Construction with 503.
197 firms are on the list; the busiest filed 134 new home permits in the last 12 months on file and the middle firm filed 1 in the whole file. Line them up on the same public measures: permits filed, share of permits finished and usual filed job value. Pick what matters to you and the list re-orders, for example recent activity if you need someone soon. The order comes from the permit record only, and nobody pays to be listed or to move up.
197 firms filed at least one new home permit on homes in the City & County of Honolulu (Oʻahu) from July 2022 to June 2025; 122 of them filed one in the last 12 months on file.
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Three you can check against this page: “How many new home permits have you filed in Honolulu?” (the middle firm here filed 1; 122 of 197 filed one in the last 12 months on file); “What value will you put on the permit?” (the usual filed value here is $370,000); “Will you pull the permit in your company’s name, and when is the final inspection?” (89% of older new home permits here were finished). All 10 questions and how to check each →
On this page: 197 firms filed 1,572 new home permits from July 2022 to June 2025, and each firm’s name opens its own permit record. Every number comes from City & County of Honolulu building permits (DPP). To see one permit itself, search the address or permit number with the Honolulu permit office. How the records work in Honolulu →
We do not rate or collect reviews. Instead each of the 197 home builders here is shown with its permit record: 1,572 permits, the share finished and usual filed value. Read reviews on other sites and use this page to check them against the record. Reviews vs permit records →
Every number on this page comes from City & County of Honolulu building permits (DPP) (the City's public permit file ends June 30, 2025): 197 firms filed 1,572 new home permits on homes in the City & County of Honolulu (Oʻahu) from July 2022 to June 2025, and 122 of them filed one in the last 12 months on file. The middle firm has 1 permit in the whole file. A short record leaves more uncertainty, and some jobs never require a permit.
The middle recorded permit value is $370,000. That is a filed estimate, not a quote or final bill. See how we compare records.
Most Honolulu new home permits are filed in March (174 against an average month of 100); September is the quietest (52). When each trade is busiest in Honolulu →