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Best well drillers in Franklin County, Ohio

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 205 drilling companies with wells on record in Franklin County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 16,610 logged wells in the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Geological Survey water-well log database (records as of 2026-08-13). Every number links back to the public record.

205companies on record
41active since 2022
16,610wells in county record
#CompanyIn Franklin Co. since 2016All-time in countyStatewide
1 Bapst Inc. 328 881 5,348
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. 85 1,011 3,766
6 Seismic Drilling Co. Inc. 73 125 5,783
7 J E Wright Well Drilling 63 164 1,126
8 Cantrell Well Drilling 45 111 477
9 Keen Well And Pump 32 134 10,231
10 Mount Water Well Drilling 29 59 3,547
11 Eaton Well Drilling Inc. 17 79 1,309
12 Jamison Well Drilling Inc. 14 19 11,219
13 Bushong Drilling 13 110 852
14 Underhill Well & Pump Co. LLC 13 78 519
15 Warthman Drilling Inc. 9 23 4,411
16 Crabtree Drilling 6 13 4,742
17 Smith's Well Drilling LLC 5 34 1,966
18 K & B Well Drilling Co. 5 14 1,837
19 Moody's OF Dayton Inc. 3 8 361
20 Ellsworth Well & Pump 3 4 1,026
21 Jackson & Sons Drilling & Pump Co. 1 178 3,154
22 Hamilton & Sons Well Drilling 1 3 3,862
23 G H Bierly Inc. 1 1 4,064
24 Hurley's Water Well Drilling 1 1 802
25 Had Inc. 1 1 783
26 Plummer & Sons — 1,992 3,365
27 R C Barry Company — 1,249 3,818
28 Plummer Brothers — 634 863
29 Ryan (A F) — 541 653
30 New Rome Pump Service — 415 682
31 Short Drilling — 367 1,580
32 Plummer-Mcdannald Drilling — 362 1,333
33 Barry (R C) — 360 1,392
34 Wright (Merle) Well Drilling — 354 1,044
35 Sprowls Drilling Co. — 334 1,348
36 Paul W Wright Drilling — 326 1,236
37 Carter (Elam) — 324 456
38 May (H J) — 301 338
39 Arthur E Plummer & Son — 256 560
40 Vollmuth (Raymond A) — 246 946
41 Lewis (Sam) Well Drilling — 245 310
42 Eaton Well & Pump — 240 3,329
43 Earl Davis Well Drilling — 232 289
44 Underhill Water Well Drilling — 184 451
45 Stebelton (Everett) — 179 181
46 Agua Well Drilling Inc. — 171 449
47 Edmonds Water Well Drilling — 169 308
48 Frazier Drilling — 168 376
49 Kautz Well Drilling — 164 251
50 Wright Well Drilling — 163 366
51 Peacock Well Drilling — 161 265
52 Price Drilling — 124 184
53 Underhill (Charles A SR) — 110 195
54 Goodwin (R H) — 101 164
55 Lewis Bros — 100 206
56 Bauer Well Drilling — 98 393
57 Short Brothers — 86 374
58 Garnes Water Wells — 83 213
59 Sells Well & Water Supply — 82 97
60 Accurate Well Drilling — 81 111
61 Dan Allen Well Drilling — 72 493
62 Porter (M J & M S) — 66 69
63 Professional Water Well Systems — 65 624
64 Ricketts & Co. — 59 83
65 Union County Drilling — 54 663
66 Davis (J C) — 53 73
67 Water Systems Inc. — 46 196
68 Meyer Well Drilling — 43 758
69 Silver Fleet Drilling — 42 61
70 Aqua Drilling Inc. — 41 430
71 Davis Drilling — 40 415
72 Benedict Well Drilling — 38 58
73 Dewitt Drilling Co. — 34 600
74 Bushong (Charles Burton) — 34 295
75 Ryan Well Drilling — 33 46
76 Lehman Well Drilling — 32 80
77 G M Baker & Son — 30 259
78 Robert Davis Well Drilling — 27 377
79 Lehman & Lynn — 27 59
80 Swingle (Robert) — 27 37
81 Cave Well Drilling — 26 204
82 Underhill (James) — 26 58
83 Hayes (Fred M) — 25 62
84 Quinter Well Drilling LLC — 23 12,078
85 B & B Well Drilling — 23 134
86 Hamm (Everett G) — 23 33
87 Layne Ohio (Layne Christensen) — 20 346
88 Leindecker Well Drilling — 19 796
89 Smith (J M) Water Well Drilling — 19 30
90 Lewis & Son Well Drilling — 19 29
91 Sprowls Drilling Co. (Groveport) — 17 84
92 Cooper Water Well Drilling — 15 2,153
93 Gobel Well Drilling — 15 1,184
94 Swingle (Donald) Well Drilling — 15 364
95 Pataskala Well Drilling — 15 362
96 Timberlake (S B) — 15 37
97 Dingess (Mansfield) Well Drilling — 15 35
98 Ruby (Stan) Well Drilling — 14 750
99 Wright (Larry) Drilling — 14 293
100 Dingess (Jay) Well Drilling — 13 87
101 Stone (Roy) — 13 32
102 J & O Drilling — 12 399
103 Garrabrant Well Drilling — 12 279
104 Plummer (Walter) — 12 27
105 Moats Drilling Co. — 11 196
106 Spaulding (Raymond) — 11 142
107 Flinner Drilling Inc. — 10 8,459
108 Suburban Drilling Co. — 10 246
109 C & P Well Drilling — 10 151
110 Harpest (Ron) Well Drilling — 9 377
111 Hines Drilling — 9 175
112 Reynolds Inc. — 8 186
113 Mayle (Paul A) — 8 27
114 National Water Services (Lanc) — 7 91
115 Easterling (D L) — 7 138
116 Mullins Well Drilling — 7 60
117 Riddle Well Drilling — 6 682
118 Charles Allen Water Well Drilling — 6 235
119 Plains Drilling Co. — 6 179
120 M & S Drilling — 6 29
121 Cook Drilling — 5 251
122 Chas Hoover Well Drilling — 5 180
123 Allen Water Well Drilling — 5 96
124 Phillips Drilling Co. — 4 141
125 Ulery Service & Repair — 4 197
126 Lancaster Well Service — 4 179
127 Price (Dwight E) — 4 161
128 M & M Contractors — 4 79
129 Belasco Drilling Inc. — 4 47
130 Summers (Kenneth) — 4 30
131 Ramsey Drilling — 3 614
132 Fyffe (T J) — 3 747
133 Buckeye Valley Well Drilling — 3 721
134 Alliance Water Well Inc. — 3 458
135 Smith & Sons — 3 448
136 Danny's Water Well Drilling — 3 379
137 Blauser (Grover C) — 3 247
138 Bushong (Richard L) — 3 215
139 Hoover Well Drilling — 3 173
140 Phillips Water Well Drilling — 3 90
141 Spung's Well Drilling — 3 80
142 Combs (John O) — 3 74
143 Fouts Drilling — 3 61
144 C & H Water Well Drilling Co. — 3 55
145 Water Boy Drilling — 3 47
146 Snook Well Drilling Company — 3 30
147 Walter's Well Drilling — 2 1,507
148 Harpest Well Drilling — 2 781
149 Gates Well Drilling — 2 496
150 Stewart Well Drilling — 2 177
151 Davis Water Systems — 2 80
152 Keaton Drilling — 2 39
153 Myers (Russell E) — 2 37
154 Robinson (Homer) — 2 36
155 Davis (Carl) — 2 34
156 R & C Drilling Co. — 2 34
157 Roof (Richard) — 2 25
158 Able Well & Pump — 1 1,093
159 Dean's Drilling — 1 1,010
160 Automatic Septic & Well — 1 1,160
161 Boone Water Systems Inc. — 1 740
162 Valley Well & Pump Service Inc. — 1 1,409
163 Minnix Water Systems Inc. — 1 295
164 Mullet Drilling Company Inc. — 1 2,605
165 Ayers Well Drilling — 1 2,270
166 Shorts (John) Well Drilling — 1 927
167 Palmer Drilling Inc. — 1 880
168 Wes Britenstine Well Drilling — 1 786
169 Waltz (D M) Drilling — 1 777
170 Britenstine Well Drilling — 1 713
171 Crane Well Drilling — 1 695
172 Barnes & Sons — 1 446
173 Kerr Corporation — 1 404
174 Fraley Well Drilling — 1 362
175 Complete Well Service — 1 362
176 Oddo & Kimmett Water Well Drilling — 1 362
177 Phillips Well Drilling — 1 338
178 Wolfe's Drilling Co. — 1 323
179 Casey's Well Drilling — 1 312
180 Guy Hayslip & Son Well Drilling — 1 244
181 Beal Well Drilling — 1 227
182 Smith (R) Water Well Drilling — 1 190
183 Wilson (Vance) Well Drilling — 1 181
184 Brown Drilling — 1 152
185 Berry (Gary) Well Drilling — 1 150
186 Hoover Water Systems — 1 143
187 Shorts Water Well Drilling — 1 138
188 Dawson Drilling — 1 135
189 Miller (Clay E) — 1 122
190 Mark Hull Drilling — 1 117
191 King Well Drilling — 1 103
192 Spears (Daniel E) — 1 73
193 Brothers Well Drilling — 1 72
194 Delta Drilling — 1 71
195 Shorts (Wayne) Well Drilling — 1 54
196 Smith (James H) & Sons — 1 54
197 Moran (John T) — 1 53
198 Denman Water Well Drilling — 1 49
199 Bill's Bit Service — 1 47
200 Bevard (Carl) Well Drilling — 1 40
201 Diehl Pump & Supply Co. Inc. — 1 38
202 Mcdaniel Well Drilling — 1 35
203 Bowser-Morner (Dayton) — 1 30
204 Aqua Spring Well Drilling — 1 28
205 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 — 328 since 2016, 881 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Franklin County?

205 companies in the ODNR record have drilled wells in Franklin County; 41 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 17,416 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.

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