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Hawaii County

County of Hawai'i, Department of Finance, Vehicle Registration & Licensing Division

In short

County of Hawai'i, Department of Finance, Vehicle Registration & Licensing Division issues 5 permits we publish for Hawaii County, last verified 2026-09-11. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.

What this agency issues

Permits required, with issuing agency, fee, renewal term and the date each record was last verified against its source
General Business License — Hawaii County positiononly if it applies to youCounty of Hawai'i, Department of Finance, Vehicle Registration & Licensing DivisionNo feenot applicable2026-09-11
Auto Repair Shop County License (not found)only if it applies to youCounty of Hawai'i, Department of Finance, Vehicle Registration & Licensing DivisionNo feenot applicable2026-09-11
Veterinary Facility County License (not found)only if it applies to youCounty of Hawai'i, Department of Finance, Vehicle Registration & Licensing DivisionNo feenot applicable2026-09-11
Fitness Studio/Gym County License (not found)only if it applies to youCounty of Hawai'i, Department of Finance, Vehicle Registration & Licensing DivisionNo feenot applicable2026-09-11
Salon/Barber/Cosmetology County License (not found)only if it applies to youCounty of Hawai'i, Department of Finance, Vehicle Registration & Licensing DivisionNo feenot applicable2026-09-11

Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.

About each permit

General Business License — Hawaii County position

The Vehicle Registration & Licensing Division's own Business & Occupation Licensing page lists the individual licenses Hawaii County issues (Auctioneer, Bicycle Tours, Electric Guns, Firearms (to sell), Pawnbroker, Purchasing/Wrecking/Rebuilding Cars, Scrap Dealer, Second Hand Dealer) and names no general, catch-all business license and none specific to the ten industries covered here, so this record carries no fee. Unlike the City and County of Honolulu's list, that page also names no peddler or itinerant-vendor category; the closest local analog to that kind of permit is the Special Activity Permit listed separately. Hawaii's General Excise Tax License, recorded at the state layer, is the universal state-level registration every business needs.

Auto Repair Shop County License (not found)

No fee applies. The Vehicle Registration & Licensing Division's own current, complete list of individually named business licenses (Auctioneer, Bicycle Tours, Firearms to Sell, Electric Guns, Purchasing/Wrecking/Rebuilding Cars, Pawnbroker, Scrap Dealer, Second Hand Dealer) has no general auto-repair category anywhere in it — its 'Purchasing, Wrecking, Rebuilding Cars License' covers used-parts dealers and vehicle wreckers/salvagers specifically, confirmed directly from that license's own description, not repair services for customer vehicles. Hawaii's own state Motor Vehicle Repair Dealer License, recorded at the state layer, remains the real trade-specific credential; an auto repair shop's Hawaii-County-specific obligations are otherwise the same Commercial Building Permit and any applicable fire permits (including the Flammable Finishes Spray Booth permit above) recorded elsewhere in this file.

Veterinary Facility County License (not found)

No fee applies. The same complete VRL business-license list has no veterinary or animal-hospital category anywhere in it. Hawaii's own state Veterinary Board licenses only the individual practitioner, with no separate facility credential at either the state or county layer, per this project's own Hawaii state-layer finding. A veterinary practice's Hawaii-County-specific obligations are otherwise the same Commercial Building Permit and any applicable zoning permits recorded elsewhere in this file.

Fitness Studio/Gym County License (not found)

No fee applies. The same complete VRL business-license list has no gym, fitness, or health-club category anywhere in it. A fitness studio's Hawaii-County-specific obligations are otherwise the same Commercial Building Permit, and, if its occupant load reaches 300 or more, the Fire Prevention Permit for Places of Assembly, both recorded elsewhere in this file.

Salon/Barber/Cosmetology County License (not found)

No fee applies. The same complete VRL business-license list has no barber, beautician, or cosmetology category anywhere in it. Hawaii's own state Beauty Shop License (Board of Barbering and Cosmetology), recorded at the state layer at $176 on a biennial cycle, remains the real trade-specific credential; a salon's Hawaii-County-specific obligations are otherwise the same Commercial Building Permit and any applicable sign permits recorded elsewhere in this file.

Contact

Jurisdiction
Hawaii County
Phone
(808) 961-8351

Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.

Sources

Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.

  1. Business & Occupation Licensing — the Vehicle Registration & Licensing Division's own current page listing the individual business/occupation licenses it issues (Auctioneer, Bicycle Tours, Electric Guns, Firearms (to sell), Pawnbroker, Purchasing/Wrecking/Rebuilding Cars, Scrap Dealer, Second Hand Dealer), with no general business license and no peddler/vendor categoryCounty of Hawai'i, Department of Finance, Vehicle Registration & Licensing Division · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-08
  2. Business & Occupation Licensing — the Vehicle Registration & Licensing Division's own current page naming the complete, fixed list of individual business/occupation licenses it issues (Auctioneer $100/yr, Bicycle Tours $500 initial/$250 renewal, Firearms to Sell $10, Electric Guns $50, Purchasing/Wrecking/Rebuilding Cars $10 each, Pawnbroker $100/yr, Scrap Dealer $10/yr, Second Hand Dealer $10/yr) — no general business license and no peddler/vendor category anywhere in itCounty of Hawai'i, Department of Finance, Vehicle Registration & Licensing Division · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-11

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