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Best well drillers in Lawrence County, South Dakota

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 44 drilling companies with wells on record in Lawrence County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 2,712 logged wells in the South Dakota DANR well completion report database (NR68) (records as of 2026-08-24). Every number links back to the public record.

44companies on record
15active since 2022
2,712wells in county record
#CompanyIn Lawrence Co. since 2016All-time in countyStatewide
1 Alexander Drilling, Inc. 245 565 2,596
2 Taylor Drilling Company 54 232 888
3 Heaton Drilling 47 131 320
4 Tim Barritt, LLC 22 25 106
5 Dakota Bice Drilling, Llc. 19 54 329
6 Tefertiller Drilling 15 137 286
7 Dennis V. Johnson Dba Dbj Drilling LLC 10 22 235
8 Geo Enterprises Inc. 5 5 48
9 Cameron's Pump & Drilling 4 56 300
10 Rapid Drilling LLC 3 6 140
11 Hamm Drilling 2 35 484
12 American Engineering Testing,Inc. 1 9 687
13 Dakota Boring Company 1 1 994
14 Ellingson Drilling 352 381
15 Lewis Drilling 168 352
16 Aman Drilling 167 172
17 Graf Drilling 147 381
18 Cimarron Drilling, Inc. 133 621
19 M. & R. Drilling 89 234
20 Aman, Chester 85 85
21 Bice Drilling Co. Inc. 45 1,098
22 Maxim Technologies, Inc. 45 661
23 Respec, Inc. 36 507
24 Bandy, Merle 33 45
25 Kinzler Drilling 21 80
26 Oliver Drilling 16 26
27 Brechtel & Sons Drilling 14 26
28 Great West Pump 12 34
29 Twin City Testing 10 129
30 Weston Engineering, Inc. 10 89
31 Antler Enterprises, Inc. 9 77
32 Bice &taylor Drilling 9 68
33 Klapperich Well Drilling 8 39
34 Howe Well Drilling & Excavating, Inc. 5 609
35 Fmg Engineering 4 76
36 Forward Drilling, Inc. 4 70
37 Independent Drilling Co., Inc. 3 1,188
38 Venekamp Drilling 2 107
39 Northern Technologies, LLC 2 145
40 Environmental Technologies, Inc. 1 310
41 Hickey Well Drilling 1 209
42 Downen Drilling Company 1 171
43 Buzz's Well Drilling 1 80
44 D. & I. Well Drilling 1 32

Ranked by wells drilled in Lawrence County since 2016 (then all-time), from the full SD DANR 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 Lawrence County?

Alexander Drilling, Inc. has drilled the most Lawrence County wells in the recent record — 245 since 2016, 565 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Lawrence County?

44 companies in the SD DANR record have drilled wells in Lawrence County; 15 of them have drilled somewhere in South Dakota since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.

How deep is a typical well in Lawrence County?

The median drilled depth in Lawrence County is 220 ft, based on 2,889 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Lawrence County wells page.

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

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