Best well drillers in Dorchester County, South Carolina
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 22 drilling companies with wells on record in Dorchester County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 206 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 Dorchester Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ackerman | — | 62 | 452 |
| 2 | Sanders | — | 46 | 165 |
| 3 | Hughes | — | 21 | 91 |
| 4 | Layne-Atlantic | — | 12 | 630 |
| 5 | Usgs | — | 8 | 240 |
| 6 | Bilton | — | 7 | 77 |
| 7 | Riley | — | 7 | 26 |
| 8 | Breland | — | 6 | 659 |
| 9 | Howard | — | 6 | 94 |
| 10 | Sydnor | — | 5 | 120 |
| 11 | Anderson | — | 5 | 58 |
| 12 | Professional Pump & Well | — | 4 | 38 |
| 13 | Martin | — | 3 | 196 |
| 14 | Virginia Well Co. | — | 3 | 62 |
| 15 | Usce | — | 3 | 43 |
| 16 | Graves | — | 2 | 51 |
| 17 | Mccall Brothers | — | 1 | 80 |
| 18 | Mcneill | — | 1 | 124 |
| 19 | Heater | — | 1 | 107 |
| 20 | Berrie | — | 1 | 102 |
| 21 | Rowe | — | 1 | 49 |
| 22 | Connelly | — | 1 | 31 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Dorchester 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 Dorchester County?
Ackerman leads the Dorchester County record with 62 wells all-time, though the county has little drilling activity since 2016.
How many well drilling companies work in Dorchester County?
22 companies in the SCDES + USGS record have drilled wells in Dorchester County; 2 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 Dorchester County?
The median drilled depth in Dorchester County is 369 ft, based on 380 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Dorchester County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Dorchester County wells page.
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