Best well drillers in El Paso County, Colorado

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 158 drilling companies with wells on record in El Paso County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 24,968 logged wells in the Colorado Division of Water Resources (DWR) well permit database (records as of 2026-10-12). Every number links back to the public record.

158companies on record

41active since 2022

24,968wells in county record

#	Company	In El Paso Co. since 2016	All-time in county	Statewide
1	Kunau Drilling LLC	1,498	6,172	7,197
2	Hamacher Well Works Inc.	722	4,587	10,447
3	Can-America Drilling, Inc.	209	2,499	5,159
4	Hier Drilling Co. Inc.	28	203	9,664
5	Winegar Well Service	28	29	169
6	Black Mountain Drilling	18	27	996
7	Dallas D. Werner	17	30	437
8	Vine Laboratories, Inc.	14	78	167
9	Hydro Resources	14	25	307
10	Black Mountain Enterprises LLC	10	279	3,016
11	Dmw Well & Pump Service	9	9	174
12	Kelley Dewatering And Construction Company	8	13	538
13	Layne, Christensen Co.	6	201	1,963
14	Cascade Drilling, LP	6	9	70
15	Layne A Granite Company	6	8	35
16	Authentic Drilling	4	8	281
17	Trinity Water Solutions, LLC	4	4	61
18	Young's Drilling & Pump Services	3	26	1,840
19	Schaal Drilling Co.	3	5	2,203
20	Arkansas Valley Drilling	2	14	3,041
21	Pearson Drilling & Pump Service	2	9	491
22	Crandall Drilling & Pump Service	1	2	3,578
23	Twin Peaks Drilling	1	1	475
24	Mccoy Water Well/Precision Drilling	1	1	88
25	Holden & Holden	1	1	1,000
26	Western American Drilling Inc.	1	1	434
27	Fletcher Drilling	—	3,017	3,523
28	M & B Drilling Co.	—	2,223	2,291
29	V. J. Stewart Drilling Co.	—	1,013	1,156
30	W. V. Harding & Sons	—	963	1,161
31	Paul Fletcher & Sons Inc.	—	892	965
32	Townley Drilling	—	562	755
33	Kunau Drilling & Excavation	—	354	465
34	Joe Coniff Elec. Co.	—	158	179
35	O.k. Hamacher Well Works	—	151	393
36	Woods Drilling Inc.	—	142	3,293
37	Inter Mountain Drilling Ltd.	—	104	1,946
38	Mitchell Drilling Co.	—	75	793
39	Gary L. Hamacher	—	63	95
40	Country Well & Pump Co.	—	60	75
41	Reaksecker Well Drilling	—	58	1,435
42	Colorado Water Well Pump Service & Supply Inc.	—	53	113
43	Paul Fletcher Drilling Co.	—	52	179
44	Ground Exploration LLC	—	47	1,454
45	Crawford Well & Pump Works	—	40	45
46	High Plains Drilling	—	36	688
47	Henkle Drillng & Supply Co.inc	—	36	384
48	Layne Western Company Inc.	—	34	659
49	Eastwood Drilling	—	32	1,739
50	Rmpd, Ltd Dba Rocky Mtn Pump & Drilling	—	32	1,204
51	Virginia Drilling Co. Inc.	—	31	2,167
52	Eugene Wheeler	—	25	334
53	B & B Well Service	—	25	28
54	Marc Haes	—	23	80
55	Drilling Engineers Inc.	—	22	553
56	Rocky Mountain Pump & Drilling	—	22	508
57	Vista Geoscience	—	22	72
58	Tyra Well Drilling	—	22	25
59	Pikes Peak Drlg & Pump Corp.	—	21	26
60	Crandall Drlg. & Trenching Inc.	—	19	325
61	John Large	—	15	26
62	Bernard Drilling Co.	—	13	696
63	Hackworth Drilling Inc.	—	13	188
64	Parker Drilling/Pump Service Inc.	—	10	2,530
65	Lesh Drilling Inc.	—	10	2,470
66	Boyles Bros. Drilling Co.	—	10	1,088
67	Hasz Energy & Development Co.	—	10	329
68	H A Crandall	—	8	436
69	Ram Drilling Inc.	—	7	60
70	C. R. Smith Drilling	—	6	2,039
71	Don Eastwood Drilling Inc.	—	6	1,672
72	Hoffman	—	6	1,335
73	Roger Schocke Well Drlg. Inc.	—	6	1,230
74	Glenn Getman	—	6	33
75	Living Water Systems Inc.	—	5	3,572
76	Glenn A. Clement	—	5	1,297
77	Whitewater Drilling Inc.	—	5	1,277
78	Timberline Drilling	—	5	295
79	DL Drilling LLC	—	5	237
80	Colorado Drilling Company	—	5	98
81	J. A. Price & Co.	—	5	29
82	H B Pixley	—	5	25
83	Canfield Drilling Company	—	4	3,439
84	Terracon Consultants Inc.	—	4	391
85	Alpine Drilling Service	—	4	965
86	Worosello Drilling Inc.	—	4	945
87	Don Stewart & Son Drilling	—	4	654
88	Mark Reeves	—	4	502
89	Ray Smischny & Son Inc.	—	4	53
90	James Drilling Company	—	3	6,736
91	Arrow Drilling	—	3	2,709
92	Alpine Drilling & Pump Co.	—	3	980
93	Mccoy Drilling Inc.	—	3	887
94	Oliver Well Works	—	3	465
95	Robert A. Jackson	—	3	284
96	Ormsbee Development Co.	—	3	120
97	Western Well Drilling Inc.	—	3	113
98	Moore's Well Drilling	—	3	45
99	Ray L Smischny	—	3	44
100	Mcmillan Well Works Inc.	—	3	38
101	Valley Pump Company	—	2	2,578
102	Finney Drilling	—	2	1,283
103	Walton,	—	2	2,156
104	Stewart Drilling Co.	—	2	2,007
105	Irrigation Engineering & Supp.	—	2	1,027
106	Mark A. Huffington	—	2	272
107	Don W. Thompson Drillng & Pump	—	2	191
108	Olin J Thompson	—	2	183
109	Foster Drilling	—	2	150
110	Johnson Brothers	—	2	112
111	C. W. Grimshaw Drilling Co.	—	2	97
112	J Dixon	—	2	82
113	Steele Drilling Company	—	2	26
114	High Desert Irrigation LLC	—	1	1,942
115	Dak Drilling LLC	—	1	1,696
116	Quality Well & Pump LLC	—	1	702
117	Environmental Works Inc.	—	1	50
118	Glover's Drilling	—	1	913
119	Rocky Mountain Waterworks LLC	—	1	893
120	Ground Water Systems Inc.	—	1	3,481
121	Ernie's Mountain Drilling Inc.	—	1	3,118
122	Wellstone Industries Dba Twiss & Wilson Drilling Inc.	—	1	2,730
123	Mcpherson Drilling Company	—	1	2,664
124	Aspen Drilling Company Inc.	—	1	2,648
125	Leslie George Canfield	—	1	2,170
126	Bill Kissner Drilling Inc.	—	1	1,313
127	Mountain Drilling Co.	—	1	487
128	Holland/Mcmullen Water Well Drilling	—	1	427
129	D W Spencer	—	1	417
130	Timber Line Drilling	—	1	415
131	Crandall's Look-N-Good Drilling	—	1	292
132	C R Koogle	—	1	257
133	Darrell L. Sorensen	—	1	226
134	A. E. Biggs & Son	—	1	225
135	Fred Wratislaw	—	1	217
136	Gritz Drilling And Supply	—	1	197
137	Lang Equipment, LLC	—	1	190
138	MA-Bel Drilling	—	1	187
139	Norris Brothers	—	1	183
140	Harry D Christensen	—	1	173
141	Lorraine Pearson	—	1	167
142	L. E. Lewis Drilling Co.	—	1	123
143	Rudolph Pump & Equipment Co.	—	1	116
144	Harry D. Folger & Son	—	1	109
145	Evergreen Drilling	—	1	82
146	Donald Purdue	—	1	78
147	Clibon Drilling Co.	—	1	77
148	Bert D Downey	—	1	74
149	Dorris Drilling Co.	—	1	70
150	Camp Drilling Co.	—	1	66
151	Joe Felton & Son Drilling	—	1	43
152	Carl M Minister	—	1	41
153	Norman Hill Drilling Co.	—	1	39
154	Harold Thurman	—	1	38
155	Crandall Bros.	—	1	37
156	E R Goodrich	—	1	34
157	Atlas Drilling Company	—	1	34
158	Jim Keaton Drilling Co.	—	1	34

Ranked by wells drilled in El Paso County since 2016 (then all-time), from the full DWR 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 El Paso County?

Kunau Drilling LLC has drilled the most El Paso County wells in the recent record — 1,498 since 2016, 6,172 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in El Paso County?

158 companies in the DWR record have drilled wells in El Paso County; 41 of them have drilled somewhere in Colorado since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.

How deep is a typical well in El Paso County?

The median drilled depth in El Paso County is 290 ft, based on 41,990 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the El Paso County wells page.

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

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