Best well drillers in Lexington County, South Carolina
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 25 drilling companies with wells on record in Lexington County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 1,195 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 Lexington Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aaa Well Drilling | 11 | 138 | 700 |
| 2 | Austin | 3 | 14 | 67 |
| 3 | Sharpe Well Drilling | — | 170 | 170 |
| 4 | Frick | — | 166 | 174 |
| 5 | Sox | — | 139 | 177 |
| 6 | Heater Well Co. | — | 117 | 402 |
| 7 | Shumpert | — | 96 | 195 |
| 8 | Clyde Lee | — | 64 | 64 |
| 9 | Starnes | — | 52 | 109 |
| 10 | Carl Burkett | — | 50 | 50 |
| 11 | Austin & Son | — | 37 | 40 |
| 12 | W. C. Miller | — | 37 | 37 |
| 13 | Coleman | — | 33 | 49 |
| 14 | Golston Well Drilling | — | 25 | 25 |
| 15 | Miller | — | 23 | 40 |
| 16 | Mccall Brothers | — | 6 | 80 |
| 17 | Carolina Drilling | — | 5 | 50 |
| 18 | Layne-Atlantic | — | 4 | 630 |
| 19 | Usgs | — | 4 | 240 |
| 20 | Mcneill | — | 4 | 124 |
| 21 | Connolly | — | 4 | 83 |
| 22 | Grosch | — | 3 | 146 |
| 23 | Hughes | — | 2 | 91 |
| 24 | Rowe | — | 1 | 49 |
| 25 | Getzen | — | 1 | 39 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Lexington 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 Lexington County?
Aaa Well Drilling has drilled the most Lexington County wells in the recent record — 11 since 2016, 138 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Lexington County?
25 companies in the SCDES + USGS record have drilled wells in Lexington County; 3 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 Lexington County?
The median drilled depth in Lexington County is 160 ft, based on 1,670 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Lexington County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Lexington County wells page.
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