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Best well drillers in Lavaca County, Texas
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 73 drilling companies with wells
on record in Lavaca County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 4,181 logged
wells in the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation Submitted Driller's Reports (SDR) database, administered by the Texas Water Development Board (records as of 2026-07-28). Every number links back to
the public record.
73companies on record
46active since 2022
4,181wells in county record
| # | Company | In Lavaca Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Chandler Drilling Inc. | 863 | 1,717 | 3,362 |
| 2 | Friedel Drilling Company | 227 | 635 | 3,068 |
| 3 | Maresh Drilling Co., Inc. | 169 | 452 | 1,309 |
| 4 | Vrana Well Service Inc. | 116 | 398 | 875 |
| 5 | WB Southern Drilling LLC | 88 | 88 | 340 |
| 6 | Texas Southern Drilling | 37 | 37 | 1,106 |
| 7 | J & S Water Wells | 22 | 120 | 2,840 |
| 8 | Busselman Water Wells, LLC | 22 | 22 | 377 |
| 9 | Neuendorff's Water Well Svc., Inc. | 18 | 29 | 2,072 |
| 10 | Joe Ferguson Water Well Drilling, Inc. | 16 | 49 | 960 |
| 11 | A C Water Well Service | 15 | 16 | 914 |
| 12 | Bull's Eye Services, LLC | 12 | 12 | 571 |
| 13 | Motal Well Service | 7 | 7 | 258 |
| 14 | Cobra Water Well Drilling, Llc. | 6 | 66 | 614 |
| 15 | Cady's Water Wells | 6 | 13 | 1,452 |
| 16 | Bootlegg Water Well Service | 5 | 5 | 30 |
| 17 | Crowell Drilling Company, Inc. | 4 | 12 | 98 |
| 18 | Bluebonnet Water Wells | 4 | 4 | 229 |
| 19 | Rangnow Water Well Service | 3 | 19 | 1,292 |
| 20 | Goolsby Water Well Service LLC | 3 | 3 | 1,883 |
| 21 | J & S Drilling, LLC | 3 | 3 | 547 |
| 22 | Richter Well Drilling, Inc. | 2 | 19 | 939 |
| 23 | Ricky Bonds Water Wells | 2 | 2 | 4,099 |
| 24 | Kight Water Well Service | 2 | 2 | 349 |
| 25 | J4 Water Works, LLC | 2 | 2 | 85 |
| 26 | C & S Utesey Water Well Service & Drilling, LLC | 1 | 11 | 712 |
| 27 | Chaffin Water Well Service | 1 | 4 | 1,275 |
| 28 | Lone Star Drilling & Pump Service | 1 | 3 | 290 |
| 29 | Deharde Water Well Service | 1 | 2 | 1,897 |
| 30 | Jimmy's Well Service | 1 | 1 | 722 |
| 31 | G.w.davis Water Well Co. LLC | 1 | 1 | 490 |
| 32 | 3g Drilling | 1 | 1 | 29 |
| 33 | T Molina Water Well LLC | 1 | 1 | 43 |
| 34 | Diggs Drilling Co. Inc. | 1 | 1 | 72 |
| 35 | Burleson Services, Inc. | — | 125 | 935 |
| 36 | R Michael Chandler | — | 92 | 272 |
| 37 | Everett Carroll Water Well Service | — | 52 | 428 |
| 38 | Joe Ferguson Drilling, Inc. | — | 24 | 247 |
| 39 | Leeper W.w. | — | 19 | 395 |
| 40 | Vrana's Well Service Inc. | — | 18 | 38 |
| 41 | J & S Water Wells - Tomas Salinas | — | 14 | 294 |
| 42 | Berry Water Well Service | — | 9 | 102 |
| 43 | Ronnie Goolsby Water Well | — | 7 | 2,290 |
| 44 | J & S Water Wells - Primo Trejo | — | 7 | 216 |
| 45 | Pinnergy, Ltd | — | 6 | 4,673 |
| 46 | Tomas Salinas | — | 5 | 55 |
| 47 | Dowell Well Service | — | 4 | 1,570 |
| 48 | Evans Drilling | — | 4 | 202 |
| 49 | Skutca Water Well | — | 3 | 484 |
| 50 | J & S Water Wells- Monte Richardson | — | 3 | 58 |
| 51 | Cady"S Water Wells | — | 3 | 46 |
| 52 | Drillink, Inc. | — | 2 | 244 |
| 53 | Geophysical Drilling, Inc. | — | 2 | 831 |
| 54 | Thomas Moy And Sons | — | 2 | 751 |
| 55 | Triple C Drilling | — | 2 | 188 |
| 56 | Leon Davis Water Well | — | 2 | 53 |
| 57 | W-5 Water Well Service | — | 2 | 43 |
| 58 | Primo Trejo | — | 2 | 29 |
| 59 | Carter Water Well Drilling | — | 1 | 3,017 |
| 60 | Aqua Star LLC | — | 1 | 1,390 |
| 61 | Bussell & Sons LLC | — | 1 | 1,242 |
| 62 | O'day Drilling Company, Inc. | — | 1 | 1,685 |
| 63 | Nickel Water Well Service | — | 1 | 169 |
| 64 | B & L Water Well Service,Inc. | — | 1 | 1,439 |
| 65 | M&c Waterwell Drilling | — | 1 | 943 |
| 66 | Thompson Water Well | — | 1 | 479 |
| 67 | T & B Water Well | — | 1 | 97 |
| 68 | J & S Water Wells - John Richardson | — | 1 | 78 |
| 69 | Vaughn Water Well Service, Inc. | — | 1 | 62 |
| 70 | Thorp Springs Water Well Service | — | 1 | 51 |
| 71 | Everett Carroll Water Well Service & Drilling Co. | — | 1 | 39 |
| 72 | Leeper | — | 1 | 36 |
| 73 | Fleck Water Well Drilling | — | 1 | 33 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Lavaca County since 2016 (then all-time), from the full TDLR SDR
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 Lavaca County?
Chandler Drilling Inc. has drilled the most Lavaca County wells in the recent record — 863 since 2016, 1,717 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Lavaca County?
73 companies in the TDLR SDR record have drilled wells in Lavaca County; 46 of them have drilled somewhere in Texas since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.
How deep is a typical well in Lavaca County?
The median drilled depth in Lavaca County is 193 ft, based on 4,220 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Lavaca County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Lavaca County wells page.
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