Best well drillers in Horry County, South Carolina
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 23 drilling companies with wells on record in Horry County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 493 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 Horry Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Professional Pump & Well | 5 | 6 | 38 |
| 2 | Booth | — | 124 | 132 |
| 3 | Causey | — | 64 | 74 |
| 4 | Layne-Atlantic | — | 52 | 630 |
| 5 | Strait | — | 46 | 48 |
| 6 | Sydnor | — | 44 | 120 |
| 7 | Carolina Drilling | — | 26 | 50 |
| 8 | Mccracken | — | 22 | 26 |
| 9 | Mccall | — | 21 | 36 |
| 10 | Usgs | — | 19 | 240 |
| 11 | Heater | — | 15 | 107 |
| 12 | Cribbs | — | 15 | 86 |
| 13 | Hartsfield | — | 15 | 36 |
| 14 | Usce | — | 5 | 43 |
| 15 | Grosch | — | 4 | 146 |
| 16 | Anderson | — | 4 | 58 |
| 17 | Connolly | — | 3 | 83 |
| 18 | Aaa Well Drilling | — | 2 | 700 |
| 19 | Woodham | — | 2 | 47 |
| 20 | Martin | — | 1 | 196 |
| 21 | Mcneill | — | 1 | 124 |
| 22 | Berrie | — | 1 | 102 |
| 23 | Bill's Well Drilling | — | 1 | 39 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Horry 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 Horry County?
Professional Pump & Well has drilled the most Horry County wells in the recent record — 5 since 2016, 6 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Horry County?
23 companies in the SCDES + USGS record have drilled wells in Horry 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 Horry County?
The median drilled depth in Horry County is 324 ft, based on 1,140 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Horry County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Horry County wells page.
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