Best well drillers in Richland County, South Carolina
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 17 drilling companies with wells on record in Richland County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 386 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 Richland Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aaa Well Drilling | 9 | 73 | 700 |
| 2 | Heater Well Co. | — | 98 | 402 |
| 3 | Usgs | — | 44 | 240 |
| 4 | Getzen | — | 25 | 39 |
| 5 | Sox | — | 23 | 177 |
| 6 | Shumpert | — | 20 | 195 |
| 7 | Mcneill | — | 20 | 124 |
| 8 | Austin | — | 15 | 67 |
| 9 | Coleman | — | 12 | 49 |
| 10 | Layne-Atlantic | — | 11 | 630 |
| 11 | Goff | — | 10 | 50 |
| 12 | Frick | — | 8 | 174 |
| 13 | Connolly | — | 8 | 83 |
| 14 | Starnes | — | 7 | 109 |
| 15 | Mccall Brothers | — | 6 | 80 |
| 16 | Sydnor | — | 4 | 120 |
| 17 | Miller | — | 2 | 40 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Richland 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 Richland County?
Aaa Well Drilling has drilled the most Richland County wells in the recent record — 9 since 2016, 73 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Richland County?
17 companies in the SCDES + USGS record have drilled wells in Richland 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 Richland County?
The median drilled depth in Richland County is 158 ft, based on 778 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Richland County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Richland County wells page.
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