Best well drillers in Beaufort County, South Carolina
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 26 drilling companies with wells on record in Beaufort County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 856 logged wells in the SC Department of Environmental Services' Coastal Plain Well Inventory together with the USGS National Water Information System groundwater inventory (records as of 2026-10-12). Every number links back to the public record.
| # | Company | In Beaufort Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Horry | 2 | 99 | 178 |
| 2 | Pinckney | — | 153 | 156 |
| 3 | Breland | — | 101 | 659 |
| 4 | Pine Hall-Pommona Corp. | — | 68 | 68 |
| 5 | Dickinson | — | 64 | 76 |
| 6 | Layne-Atlantic | — | 60 | 630 |
| 7 | Howard | — | 51 | 94 |
| 8 | Usgs/Scgs | — | 44 | 44 |
| 9 | Martin | — | 43 | 196 |
| 10 | Pulaski | — | 34 | 34 |
| 11 | Usgs | — | 30 | 240 |
| 12 | Rowe | — | 27 | 49 |
| 13 | Ackerman | — | 23 | 452 |
| 14 | Heater | — | 14 | 107 |
| 15 | Rivers | — | 9 | 149 |
| 16 | Usce | — | 9 | 43 |
| 17 | Starnes | — | 7 | 109 |
| 18 | Grosch | — | 6 | 146 |
| 19 | Connally | — | 6 | 34 |
| 20 | Hartsfield | — | 2 | 36 |
| 21 | Sydnor | — | 1 | 120 |
| 22 | Graves | — | 1 | 51 |
| 23 | Mccall | — | 1 | 36 |
| 24 | Riley | — | 1 | 26 |
| 25 | Mccracken | — | 1 | 26 |
| 26 | Scwrc | — | 1 | 25 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Beaufort County since 2016 (then all-time), from the full SCDES + USGS record. A ★ marks a featured sponsor — sponsors must appear in the county record to be listed, and the ranking below them is never reordered.
Who drills the most wells in Beaufort County?
Horry has drilled the most Beaufort County wells in the recent record — 2 since 2016, 99 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Beaufort County?
26 companies in the SCDES + USGS record have drilled wells in Beaufort County; 0 of them have drilled somewhere in South Carolina since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.
How deep is a typical well in Beaufort County?
The median drilled depth in Beaufort County is 103 ft, based on 2,609 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Beaufort County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Beaufort County wells page.
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