⟁ Ohio Well Data field records · 2026 survey

← All Ohio drillers

Best well drillers in Franklin County, Ohio

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 206 drilling companies with wells on record in Franklin County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 16,625 logged wells in the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Geological Survey water-well log database (records as of 2026-09-28). Every number links back to the public record.

206companies on record
42active since 2022
16,625wells in county record
#CompanyIn Franklin Co. since 2016All-time in countyStatewide
1 Bapst Inc. 330 883 5,372
2 Central Soft Water 171 174 1,489
3 Stage Inc. (Dba R C Barry) 150 514 1,117
4 Blair Drilling & Pump Serv LLC 95 294 593
5 Beinhower Bros Drilling Co. 86 1,014 3,771
6 Seismic Drilling Co. Inc. 73 125 5,799
7 J E Wright Well Drilling 71 172 1,135
8 Cantrell Well Drilling 45 111 477
9 Keen Well And Pump 32 134 10,275
10 Mount Water Well Drilling 29 59 3,562
11 Eaton Well Drilling Inc. 17 79 1,316
12 Jamison Well Drilling Inc. 14 19 11,279
13 Bushong Drilling 13 110 854
14 Underhill Well & Pump Co. LLC 13 78 520
15 Warthman Drilling Inc. 9 23 4,423
16 Crabtree Drilling 6 13 4,755
17 Smith's Well Drilling LLC 5 34 1,973
18 K & B Well Drilling Co. 5 14 1,847
19 Moody's OF Dayton Inc. 3 8 361
20 Ellsworth Well & Pump 3 4 1,031
21 Jackson Well Services Inc. 2 2 119
22 Jackson & Sons Drilling & Pump Co. 1 178 3,154
23 Hamilton & Sons Well Drilling 1 3 3,868
24 G H Bierly Inc. 1 1 4,071
25 Hurley's Water Well Drilling 1 1 803
26 Had Inc. 1 1 784
27 Plummer & Sons — 1,992 3,365
28 R C Barry Company — 1,249 3,824
29 Plummer Brothers — 634 863
30 Ryan (A F) — 541 653
31 New Rome Pump Service — 415 682
32 Short Drilling — 367 1,580
33 Plummer-Mcdannald Drilling — 362 1,333
34 Barry (R C) — 360 1,392
35 Wright (Merle) Well Drilling — 354 1,044
36 Sprowls Drilling Co. — 334 1,348
37 Paul W Wright Drilling — 326 1,236
38 Carter (Elam) — 324 456
39 May (H J) — 301 338
40 Arthur E Plummer & Son — 256 560
41 Vollmuth (Raymond A) — 246 946
42 Lewis (Sam) Well Drilling — 245 310
43 Eaton Well & Pump — 240 3,329
44 Earl Davis Well Drilling — 232 289
45 Underhill Water Well Drilling — 184 451
46 Stebelton (Everett) — 179 181
47 Agua Well Drilling Inc. — 171 449
48 Edmonds Water Well Drilling — 169 308
49 Frazier Drilling — 168 376
50 Kautz Well Drilling — 164 251
51 Wright Well Drilling — 163 366
52 Peacock Well Drilling — 161 265
53 Price Drilling — 124 184
54 Underhill (Charles A SR) — 110 195
55 Goodwin (R H) — 101 164
56 Lewis Bros — 100 206
57 Bauer Well Drilling — 98 393
58 Short Brothers — 86 374
59 Garnes Water Wells — 83 213
60 Sells Well & Water Supply — 82 97
61 Accurate Well Drilling — 81 111
62 Dan Allen Well Drilling — 72 495
63 Porter (M J & M S) — 66 69
64 Professional Water Well Systems — 65 624
65 Ricketts & Co. — 59 83
66 Union County Drilling — 54 663
67 Davis (J C) — 53 73
68 Water Systems Inc. — 46 196
69 Meyer Well Drilling — 43 758
70 Silver Fleet Drilling — 42 61
71 Aqua Drilling Inc. — 41 430
72 Davis Drilling — 40 415
73 Benedict Well Drilling — 38 58
74 Dewitt Drilling Co. — 34 600
75 Bushong (Charles Burton) — 34 295
76 Ryan Well Drilling — 33 46
77 Lehman Well Drilling — 32 80
78 G M Baker & Son — 30 259
79 Robert Davis Well Drilling — 27 377
80 Lehman & Lynn — 27 59
81 Swingle (Robert) — 27 37
82 Cave Well Drilling — 26 204
83 Underhill (James) — 26 58
84 Hayes (Fred M) — 25 62
85 Quinter Well Drilling LLC — 23 12,110
86 B & B Well Drilling — 23 134
87 Hamm (Everett G) — 23 33
88 Layne Ohio (Layne Christensen) — 20 347
89 Leindecker Well Drilling — 19 799
90 Smith (J M) Water Well Drilling — 19 30
91 Lewis & Son Well Drilling — 19 29
92 Sprowls Drilling Co. (Groveport) — 17 84
93 Cooper Water Well Drilling — 15 2,154
94 Gobel Well Drilling — 15 1,184
95 Swingle (Donald) Well Drilling — 15 364
96 Pataskala Well Drilling — 15 362
97 Timberlake (S B) — 15 37
98 Dingess (Mansfield) Well Drilling — 15 35
99 Ruby (Stan) Well Drilling — 14 750
100 Wright (Larry) Drilling — 14 293
101 Dingess (Jay) Well Drilling — 13 87
102 Stone (Roy) — 13 32
103 J & O Drilling — 12 399
104 Garrabrant Well Drilling — 12 279
105 Plummer (Walter) — 12 27
106 Moats Drilling Co. — 11 196
107 Spaulding (Raymond) — 11 142
108 Flinner Drilling Inc. — 10 8,475
109 Suburban Drilling Co. — 10 247
110 C & P Well Drilling — 10 151
111 Harpest (Ron) Well Drilling — 9 377
112 Hines Drilling — 9 175
113 Reynolds Inc. — 8 186
114 Mayle (Paul A) — 8 27
115 National Water Services (Lanc) — 7 91
116 Easterling (D L) — 7 138
117 Mullins Well Drilling — 7 60
118 Riddle Well Drilling — 6 684
119 Charles Allen Water Well Drilling — 6 236
120 Plains Drilling Co. — 6 179
121 M & S Drilling — 6 29
122 Cook Drilling — 5 251
123 Chas Hoover Well Drilling — 5 180
124 Allen Water Well Drilling — 5 96
125 Phillips Drilling Co. — 4 141
126 Ulery Service & Repair — 4 197
127 Lancaster Well Service — 4 179
128 Price (Dwight E) — 4 161
129 M & M Contractors — 4 79
130 Belasco Drilling Inc. — 4 47
131 Summers (Kenneth) — 4 30
132 Ramsey Drilling — 3 614
133 Fyffe (T J) — 3 747
134 Buckeye Valley Well Drilling — 3 721
135 Alliance Water Well Inc. — 3 458
136 Smith & Sons — 3 448
137 Danny's Water Well Drilling — 3 379
138 Blauser (Grover C) — 3 249
139 Bushong (Richard L) — 3 215
140 Hoover Well Drilling — 3 173
141 Phillips Water Well Drilling — 3 90
142 Spung's Well Drilling — 3 80
143 Combs (John O) — 3 74
144 Fouts Drilling — 3 61
145 C & H Water Well Drilling Co. — 3 55
146 Water Boy Drilling — 3 47
147 Snook Well Drilling Company — 3 30
148 Walter's Well Drilling — 2 1,511
149 Harpest Well Drilling — 2 781
150 Gates Well Drilling — 2 496
151 Stewart Well Drilling — 2 177
152 Davis Water Systems — 2 80
153 Keaton Drilling — 2 39
154 Myers (Russell E) — 2 37
155 Robinson (Homer) — 2 36
156 R & C Drilling Co. — 2 34
157 Davis (Carl) — 2 34
158 Roof (Richard) — 2 25
159 Able Well & Pump — 1 1,103
160 Dean's Drilling — 1 1,013
161 Automatic Septic & Well — 1 1,160
162 Boone Water Systems Inc. — 1 740
163 Valley Well & Pump Service Inc. — 1 1,409
164 Minnix Water Systems Inc. — 1 295
165 Mullet Drilling Company Inc. — 1 2,605
166 Ayers Well Drilling — 1 2,270
167 Shorts (John) Well Drilling — 1 927
168 Palmer Drilling Inc. — 1 880
169 Wes Britenstine Well Drilling — 1 786
170 Waltz (D M) Drilling — 1 777
171 Britenstine Well Drilling — 1 713
172 Crane Well Drilling — 1 695
173 Barnes & Sons — 1 446
174 Kerr Corporation — 1 404
175 Complete Well Service — 1 362
176 Fraley Well Drilling — 1 362
177 Oddo & Kimmett Water Well Drilling — 1 362
178 Phillips Well Drilling — 1 338
179 Wolfe's Drilling Co. — 1 323
180 Casey's Well Drilling — 1 312
181 Guy Hayslip & Son Well Drilling — 1 244
182 Beal Well Drilling — 1 227
183 Smith (R) Water Well Drilling — 1 190
184 Wilson (Vance) Well Drilling — 1 181
185 Brown Drilling — 1 152
186 Berry (Gary) Well Drilling — 1 150
187 Hoover Water Systems — 1 143
188 Shorts Water Well Drilling — 1 138
189 Dawson Drilling — 1 135
190 Miller (Clay E) — 1 122
191 Mark Hull Drilling — 1 117
192 King Well Drilling — 1 103
193 Spears (Daniel E) — 1 73
194 Brothers Well Drilling — 1 72
195 Delta Drilling — 1 71
196 Smith (James H) & Sons — 1 54
197 Shorts (Wayne) Well Drilling — 1 54
198 Moran (John T) — 1 53
199 Denman Water Well Drilling — 1 49
200 Bill's Bit Service — 1 47
201 Bevard (Carl) Well Drilling — 1 40
202 Diehl Pump & Supply Co. Inc. — 1 38
203 Mcdaniel Well Drilling — 1 35
204 Bowser-Morner (Dayton) — 1 30
205 Aqua Spring Well Drilling — 1 28
206 Harper (W H) — 1 27

Ranked by wells drilled in Franklin County since 2016 (then all-time), from the full ODNR 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 Franklin County?

Bapst Inc. has drilled the most Franklin County wells in the recent record — 330 since 2016, 883 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Franklin County?

206 companies in the ODNR record have drilled wells in Franklin County; 42 of them have drilled somewhere in Ohio since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.

How deep is a typical well in Franklin County?

The median drilled depth in Franklin County is 96 ft, based on 17,431 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Franklin County wells page.

Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Franklin County wells page.

Get quotes from drillers active in Franklin County

Free. Goes to licensed drillers working Franklin County.

Drill in Franklin County?

If your company is on this list, your profile is free to claim — confirm your details and add your contact information so Franklin County property owners reach you directly.

Claim your profile

Free to claim · built from ODNR public well-log records.