Find well drillers near you

Looking for well drillers near you? Browse the source jurisdictions above and search by name, company as listed, licence or certificate number, city or recorded county. The directory preserves individual and business licences, contractor registrations, employer locations and certificate observations with supplied employer or status labels, including pump and monitoring-well records. The total counts source observations, rather than verified drilling companies or distinct active licences. Oklahoma's supplied roster is historical, from 2013. North Carolina certificate-holder names are missing from the supplied employer or status rows. The source jurisdiction and physical location are shown separately, and missing physical states remain unknown. Listings are free and are not ratings or recommendations. Confirm current licence status, permitted work and service coverage before hiring.

How do you find water well drillers near you?

1. Start with your state's licensing agency. Most states license or register water well contractors. NGWA (Wellowner.org): Licensing Several publish searchable lists: Pennsylvania's licensed driller database can be searched by county served and service type, Pennsylvania DCNR: Licensed Water Well Drillers New York's DEC offers a registered water well contractor search, NYSDEC: Water Well Contractor Program and Ohio publishes lists of registered private water systems contractors. Ohio Department of Health: Information for Private Water Systems Contractors Water well permits by state lists the agencies we have checked.
2. Ask your county health department. Where it issues well permits, it knows which contractors work locally.
3. Check nearby well reports. State well records name the driller of each well, which shows who has actually drilled near you; see how to find water well logs.
4. Use an independent membership lookup. NGWA's contractor lookup lists member professionals; NGWA does not endorse or guarantee them, and membership is not a license.

What services do water well drillers offer?

Not every company does all of these. Some drill only; others focus on pumps and service. Ask what they do in-house and what they subcontract.

How do you choose a well driller near you?

Get written, itemized quotes from more than one contractor and compare them line by line. Check each license with the issuing agency, ask for proof of liability and workers' compensation insurance, and ask for references from nearby jobs. NGWA (Wellowner.org): How to Hire a Water Well Contractor Agree a maximum depth and what happens if the hole is dry before signing. The vetting questions, quote checklist and cost calculator walk through each step, and who pays for a dry hole covers the contract terms that matter most. [NGWA-HIRE source note]

Red flags when hiring

• A single lump-sum price with no itemized lines or exclusions
• No written contract, or no maximum depth
• A promise of water at a specific depth or yield
• Unwilling to share a license number you can check with the state
• No mention of who files the permit and the well report

Questions to ask when you call

When you contact well drilling companies near you, ask the same questions of each so the answers are comparable:

1. Are you licensed or registered for water well work in this state, and under what number?
2. How many wells have you drilled near this property, and how deep were they?
3. What depth and yield do you expect, and what is that based on?
4. What casing, grout and well cap will you use?
5. How will you test the well's yield, and will I get a written report?
6. Who files the permit or notice and the well report?
7. What is the most you will drill without my written approval, and what do I owe if the well is dry?
8. Do you install the pump, pressure tank and water line, or does someone else?

Write the answers down; the quote checklist has space for two offers side by side.

Well drillers vs. pump and well service companies

Drilling contractors build new wells and deepen existing ones. Pump and well service companies focus on existing systems: replacing pumps, pressure tanks and controls, diagnosing low pressure, and disinfecting wells. Many companies do both. If your existing well has lost water, a service visit to check the pump and controls usually comes before any drilling, since a failed pump is the most common cause of losing water. Penn State Extension: Managing Your Well During Drought See signs your well is running dry. [PSU-DROUGHT source note]

How listings on this directory work

Listings preserve the supplied source observations, including distinct licence holders, business records, registrations, employer locations and certificate observations. Available names, licence numbers, work details and contacts are shown; missing fields remain missing. Texas retains TDLR endorsements and expiry dates. Other sources identify their supplied roster edition when known and the date the directory file was received, which is not a fresh agency verification. A county describes a recorded address, not a service area. Shared names or phones do not merge different licences or establish a company affiliation. Nothing is paid for placement. See how listings work for the source details, and what affects well drilling cost before you call.