Best well drillers in Orange County, Florida

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 425 drilling companies with wells on record in Orange County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 13,015 logged wells in Florida's water-management districts and county well-permitting programs (records as of 2026-09-28). Every number links back to the public record.

425companies on record

209active since 2022

13,015wells in county record

#	Company	In Orange Co. since 2016	All-time in county	Statewide
1	Cory Ratchford	486	833	2,051
2	Chad Hall	380	380	1,063
3	Tony Neese	307	309	335
4	Christian Dodd	268	390	1,265
5	Jeff Zeigler	251	381	1,236
6	Ryan Hadden	232	232	635
7	Glen Pennington	206	206	399
8	Njoki Campbell	199	199	200
9	Chris Phelps	196	200	814
10	Henry Colston	192	196	888
11	Mickey Ritter	184	184	709
12	Tim Simmons	156	194	524
13	Robby Crowfoot	148	148	1,104
14	Jared Link	144	264	1,076
15	Trey Huddleston	113	113	722
16	Virgil Howell	109	109	350
17	Jonathan Abbott	99	99	158
18	William D Tennant	95	95	172
19	Carl Leonhardt	95	95	152
20	Jason Mance	94	94	407
21	Jacob Ploss	94	94	215
22	Dave Longino	90	120	478
23	Danny Richards	89	89	393
24	Luis A. Castillo	84	84	195
25	Jose Wagner	83	83	300
26	Sam Segarra	83	83	145
27	Ruben Cabral	76	76	268
28	Paul Maxwell	75	75	250
29	Steve Young	74	133	470
30	Alan Blackwood	71	71	115
31	Keith Ratchford	70	301	584
32	Wyatt Mapp	69	69	69
33	Robby Crofoot	63	63	717
34	Kyle Reeves	62	72	101
35	Steve Houck	60	60	242
36	Keith M Sikes	59	59	132
37	Eric Membreno	54	66	187
38	Keith Olson	54	54	95
39	Thomas King	52	52	82
40	Matthew Montana	51	51	295
41	Jason Armstrong	49	49	168
42	John Alford	48	48	123
43	Alex Cabral	47	47	96
44	Ziaire Brown	47	47	48
45	Taylor Wiggins	46	46	411
46	Justin Sullivan	45	45	230
47	Marcus Williams	44	44	455
48	Dewayne Mcvay	43	43	200
49	William Hagan	43	43	178
50	Tyler Duncan	43	43	79
51	Tim Myers	42	64	488
52	James Rhoad	41	41	786
53	Jason Fromm	40	40	49
54	Shawn Fitzpatrick	37	37	133
55	Ulises Torres	37	37	149
56	TJ Hoppe	37	37	56
57	Cordel Jarrett	36	36	36
58	Brian Ehrhart	35	35	164
59	Benjamin Skipper	35	35	83
60	Nick Bishop	34	70	203
61	Bobby Holtzapple	34	34	201
62	Grady Christian	31	45	994
63	Randy Conrad	31	36	228
64	Paul Smith	31	34	1,732
65	Kyle Ratchford	30	34	85
66	Billy Moss	27	89	646
67	William Seglund	27	27	111
68	Andrew Mapp	27	27	27
69	Lascelles Alexander Daniels	27	27	27
70	Patrick Zomer	26	26	81
71	Dewayne Mcvvay	26	26	50
72	Andras Papp	26	26	42
73	Amar Fonseca	25	25	25
74	Tim Moyer	24	24	129
75	Angel Coss	24	24	75
76	Taylor Scruggs	24	24	119
77	Adam Chamblee	24	24	28
78	Tim Campbell	24	24	26
79	Jimmy Skaggs	23	23	98
80	TI Williams	23	23	56
81	Donald Tindall	23	23	111
82	Jordan Stone	23	23	30
83	Matt Bale	22	22	218
84	Edward Garcia	22	22	129
85	Mitch Pennington	22	22	25
86	Jesse Delamater	21	21	38
87	Bobby J Holtzapple	20	20	104
88	Salvador Cruz	20	20	72
89	Marc Nieves	19	19	89
90	Dan Richards	19	19	159
91	Clayton Soden	18	18	737
92	Marbel Cornelio	18	18	37
93	David Jones	16	16	90
94	Jay Mccubbin	16	16	63
95	James Robinson	16	16	54
96	Alan Lamtman	16	16	34
97	Allan Kimmel	15	15	41
98	William Mckinney	15	15	70
99	Joshua Goodrich	14	14	529
100	John Maffett	14	14	65
101	Michael Myers	14	14	62
102	Jacob Harris	14	14	49
103	Paul Poorbaugh	13	13	194
104	Jack Patterson	13	13	94
105	David Longino	12	13	151
106	Shane Gulbrand	12	12	896
107	Blake Bogart	12	12	111
108	Keith M Sikes SR	12	12	31
109	Kevin Valentino	11	105	549
110	Daniel J Loucks	11	11	25
111	Dan Loucks	10	30	214
112	Joe Baker	10	10	71
113	Michael Alexander	10	10	50
114	Theotis Grider	10	10	42
115	Greg & Craig Fagan	10	10	35
116	Eddie Hull	9	37	379
117	Jerry E Thompson	9	28	59
118	Brian Davis	9	9	263
119	Tim L. Britton	9	9	130
120	Dan Gronholz	9	9	111
121	DJ Penny	9	9	25
122	Richard Koltunski?	8	30	499
123	Tony Herrington	8	19	165
124	Jon Morin	8	8	992
125	Tony Hudson	7	17	108
126	Jacob Lee Barnes	7	7	158
127	Paul Otto	7	7	207
128	Jonathan Britton	7	7	73
129	Levi Mainard	7	7	87
130	Pat Zomer	7	7	78
131	Lane Veal	7	7	35
132	Dustin Woodrum	7	7	36
133	Jacob Larkin	7	7	121
134	Tim Meyers	7	7	29
135	Tim Myers/Ryan Hadden	7	7	43
136	Grimmer Mapp	6	12	25
137	Jerry Thompson JR	6	8	35
138	James Skaggs	6	6	79
139	Omar Velazquez	6	6	54
140	Josh Goodrich	6	6	43
141	Timothy Gallagher	6	6	35
142	Colton Stiefel	6	6	27
143	Tyler Bradshaw	5	5	599
144	Kent Fowler	5	5	143
145	Randy Duncan	5	5	87
146	Diego Regis	5	5	44
147	Michael Daughtery	5	5	103
148	Josh Welch	5	5	57
149	Jerry E Thompson JR	4	76	174
150	Henry Towns	4	13	36
151	Reggie Hardwicke	4	8	303
152	Michael Tovet	4	4	566
153	Jacob Barnes	4	4	282
154	Paul A Poorbaugh	4	4	75
155	David W Vanlandingham JR	4	4	30
156	Raymond Lebron	3	139	650
157	David Cullen	3	18	1,611
158	James Ernstes	3	3	315
159	Tim Fussell	3	3	61
160	Cory D. Shetters	3	3	57
161	Tim Britton	3	3	58
162	Brandy Durham	3	3	47
163	Amdrill Inc.	3	3	659
164	Charles Norris	3	3	28
165	Paul Lemenze	3	3	25
166	Charles Bucher?	2	56	201
167	Timothy Simmons?	2	45	175
168	Jerry Thompson	2	22	76
169	Raymond Robinson	2	15	123
170	Eric Parsons	2	5	43
171	Richard Trentham	2	3	675
172	Kevin W Coker	2	2	1,032
173	Rick Trentham	2	2	767
174	Brendan Busbee	2	2	143
175	Reggie C. Hardwicke	2	2	88
176	Skylar Albritton	2	2	63
177	R.duncan	2	2	28
178	William Tennant	2	2	60
179	Dalvise Curry	2	2	25
180	Latrell Lisbon	2	2	35
181	Bryan Nazworth	1	77	292
182	Daniel Curtin	1	29	136
183	Eddie Palmer	1	16	167
184	Roy Rushing?	1	11	39
185	David Vanlandingham JR	1	1	235
186	Ariel Torres	1	1	397
187	Tristan Andrews	1	1	145
188	Jordan Huffman	1	1	68
189	Richard D. Tripp	1	1	47
190	Zach Elburn	1	1	34
191	Dandarrius Harvey	1	1	32
192	Blane King	1	1	28
193	Justin Smith	1	1	56
194	Tony	1	1	41
195	Clay Soden	1	1	491
196	Frank Harrington?	—	374	654
197	Timothy Myers?	—	176	1,392
198	James Przemieniecki?	—	117	279
199	David A. Stewart, Jr.?	—	107	156
200	Daniel Meister?	—	79	155
201	Jimmy Trentham?	—	75	2,392
202	Allen Moose?	—	73	806
203	Durell Langford?	—	67	770
204	Paul	—	64	1,223
205	Dan Meister?	—	58	110
206	Mike Burk?	—	57	277
207	Jon Yarema	—	56	291
208	Bill Pentz	—	55	55
209	Larry Pugh?	—	54	65
210	Lonnie Vanzant	—	51	402
211	Russ Wilkie?	—	47	242
212	Ken Durham	—	46	92
213	Lee Tate?	—	39	91
214	Kevin Wiggins?	—	38	804
215	Nick Smarrito?	—	38	170
216	Jimmy Trantham?	—	35	279
217	Bob Evans?	—	33	143
218	Daniel J. Race?	—	32	111
219	Roger Hutchison	—	32	80
220	Leroy A Winkler?	—	32	54
221	Billy K Mcclain?	—	31	50
222	W. G. Nilles?	—	31	31
223	Jim Hinst?	—	28	152
224	Henry M Towns	—	28	31
225	Reggie Reis?	—	27	63
226	Duane Patten?	—	27	38
227	Ray Hays?	—	27	28
228	Jim Jewett?	—	25	29
229	William L. Sima Jr.?	—	24	196
230	Michael A. Brewer?	—	24	130
231	Gary Wagner?	—	24	81
232	Tim Borne	—	24	45
233	Lewis M. Dykes?	—	23	75
234	Vic Mansfield?	—	22	81
235	C Wallace	—	22	26
236	Peter Erdmann?	—	21	240
237	Wesley A Wiggins	—	21	86
238	Leo Weaver?	—	21	83
239	Russ Everett?	—	21	33
240	David Shanaway?	—	21	33
241	Keith Barnes	—	20	1,132
242	Doug Heath?	—	20	156
243	Mark Murray?	—	20	105
244	Ron Moore?	—	20	79
245	L. Tate?	—	20	73
246	Peter Lankenau	—	19	1,589
247	Isaac Gallant	—	19	90
248	Randall Schimmel?	—	19	48
249	RJ Soto	—	19	38
250	David A Stewart JR 30265	—	19	27
251	Jerry Mcdonald?	—	18	120
252	Ralph Newby	—	18	106
253	James Hinst	—	17	139
254	Mike Claytor?	—	17	94
255	Lewis Dykes?	—	17	56
256	Isacc Gallant	—	17	48
257	Donald H. Stevison?	—	17	43
258	Jim Dodge	—	16	67
259	Jay K Wasden?	—	16	64
260	Bill Hammond	—	16	59
261	Brad Schmidt?	—	16	53
262	Chris Perry	—	15	58
263	John Ward?	—	15	137
264	Anwar Hak	—	15	89
265	Rickey Parker?	—	14	1,078
266	Craig Taylor	—	14	223
267	Fred Douglas?	—	14	152
268	Michael E. Burk?	—	14	74
269	Tim Smith?	—	14	59
270	Randy Robinson?	—	14	26
271	Jim Roberts?	—	13	85
272	Mike Brewer?	—	13	59
273	Ricky Ward?	—	13	40
274	Larry Pitt?	—	13	35
275	Lance Starling?	—	13	27
276	John Hildereth	—	12	45
277	Durell Landford	—	12	32
278	Robert Schmidt?	—	11	54
279	William D. Gray?	—	11	33
280	Brandon Selph?	—	10	364
281	George Hayes?	—	10	160
282	Bill Pemberton?	—	10	87
283	Wesley Wiggins	—	10	63
284	Roderick Fuller?	—	10	53
285	Roy Rowland	—	10	53
286	David Hays	—	9	29
287	Bruce Perry	—	9	102
288	Wesley Allen Wiggins	—	9	58
289	Shane Nowlen?	—	9	51
290	Rick Ward?	—	9	38
291	Pete Erdmann?	—	8	203
292	Terry Florio	—	8	29
293	Charles Weaver?	—	8	25
294	Philip Miller	—	7	35
295	Charlie Christian	—	7	430
296	Tom Mccune	—	7	81
297	Richard Reed?	—	7	55
298	Sam Wiggins?	—	7	47
299	Robert A. Sams?	—	7	37
300	David L Shanaway?	—	7	32
301	Ken Wiggs?	—	7	30
302	William Boogar?	—	7	28
303	Allen Hardwicke?	—	6	248
304	Michael Bryson?	—	6	90
305	Rick Miller?	—	6	87
306	Greg Waxel?	—	6	74
307	Keith?	—	6	36
308	Custom Drilling Services Inc.	—	5	17,561
309	Jimmy?	—	5	42
310	Charles?	—	5	30
311	A. W. Floyd Jr.?	—	5	401
312	Gordon Teston	—	5	175
313	Jackie Fagan?	—	5	117
314	Lamar Wilson?	—	5	93
315	Bill Brooks?	—	5	88
316	Mike Wells?	—	5	86
317	Edwin Broxton?	—	5	70
318	Steve A Wallace	—	5	43
319	Will Young?	—	5	39
320	Don Mixon?	—	5	36
321	F. N. Goodall	—	5	32
322	Jimmy Nussbaumer	—	5	32
323	Bill Koons?	—	5	30
324	Timothy L Myers	—	5	29
325	J. Reyome?	—	5	29
326	James	—	4	90
327	Tom Burke Services	—	4	2,869
328	James L Feeley?	—	4	231
329	Mike Miller	—	4	163
330	Ronald Bassett	—	4	131
331	Michael Meyer?	—	4	97
332	Randall Buchhold?	—	4	59
333	William Lindry?	—	4	45
334	Bill Gray?	—	4	29
335	William Young?	—	4	26
336	Spring Hill Well Drilling	—	3	19,437
337	Gregory Campbell	—	3	262
338	Jeff Ziegler	—	3	33
339	Mark Mock?	—	3	4,001
340	Kevin Reffuse	—	3	173
341	Michael Eggert?	—	3	170
342	Tom Seddon	—	3	148
343	Greg Campbell	—	3	142
344	John Moore	—	3	94
345	ED Cehi?	—	3	77
346	Bruce Cummings?	—	3	54
347	William Smith?	—	3	49
348	Danny Meridith	—	3	40
349	Floyd N Goodall JR	—	3	33
350	Ron Moor	—	3	32
351	Michael Burk?	—	3	31
352	Mike Konders?	—	3	27
353	Michael Brewer?	—	3	26
354	Charlie Chandler Jr.?	—	2	1,294
355	Albert E Smith?	—	2	1,058
356	Coy J. Rainey?	—	2	203
357	Johnny Strickland?	—	2	202
358	Matt	—	2	151
359	Billy Douglas?	—	2	126
360	Curtis B. Murtland	—	2	98
361	Rod Fagan?	—	2	74
362	Donald Roberts JR?	—	2	73
363	Bobby Griner?	—	2	66
364	David Hearne?	—	2	62
365	William Lindsey?	—	2	57
366	John Catron	—	2	52
367	Clyde Gnann	—	2	52
368	Peter Lankerau?	—	2	42
369	Ben Huss	—	2	36
370	Terry D Elmore?	—	2	34
371	David Culler?	—	2	32
372	Vance Biehl?	—	2	31
373	Butch Krapf?	—	2	31
374	American Drilling, Inc.	—	1	4,922
375	Dunham Well Drilling Inc.	—	1	8,142
376	Randy Buchhold	—	1	318
377	Jesse Benton	—	1	112
378	Charlie Chandler	—	1	204
379	Jeremy Benton	—	1	26
380	Permit Personal	—	1	1,601
381	James Nichols	—	1	284
382	David Vanlandingham	—	1	263
383	Jeff	—	1	144
384	Jeff Hausinger	—	1	25
385	Lagrow Irrigation	—	1	3,025
386	Harry Cannon Well Drilling	—	1	2,336
387	Tuck Trentham	—	1	1,544
388	Discount Well & Pump Service Inc.	—	1	1,455
389	H&h Well Drilling	—	1	1,194
390	Willis Well Drilling	—	1	1,077
391	Tullis Well Drilling	—	1	889
392	Frank D Boydstun?	—	1	626
393	Gordon Haney Well Drilling	—	1	567
394	Youman's And Son Well Drilling	—	1	446
395	Young's Well Drilling	—	1	399
396	Reliable Well Drilling	—	1	392
397	Steve Cook	—	1	351
398	Albert Smith?	—	1	319
399	David Zaumeyer	—	1	248
400	Carters Well Drilling	—	1	233
401	Emil Gumieny?	—	1	221
402	Allen Moore	—	1	139
403	Gary Clippard?	—	1	98
404	George W Freeman	—	1	87
405	Dennis Perez?	—	1	71
406	Cory Cone	—	1	67
407	Fred W Douglas?	—	1	62
408	William Moses	—	1	51
409	Coy Rainey	—	1	46
410	David Searfoss	—	1	42
411	Mike Wills?	—	1	40
412	Durell?	—	1	39
413	Jeff Bair?	—	1	37
414	David Griffey?	—	1	35
415	Michael J Murphy	—	1	35
416	Anthony Rizzo	—	1	34
417	Leff	—	1	33
418	William L. Sima Jr. Ellis Well Drilling?	—	1	33
419	R. T. Vermeulen?	—	1	32
420	Edward J Cehi?	—	1	31
421	F. L. Hicks?	—	1	29
422	John Rochford?	—	1	29
423	G G Griffa?	—	1	27
424	F N Goodall JR?	—	1	25
425	Edward Cehi	—	1	25

Ranked by wells drilled in Orange County since 2016 (then all-time), from the full FL WMD/county 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 Orange County?

Cory Ratchford has drilled the most Orange County wells in the recent record — 486 since 2016, 833 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Orange County?

425 companies in the FL WMD/county record have drilled wells in Orange County; 209 of them have drilled somewhere in Florida since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.

How deep is a typical well in Orange County?

The median drilled depth in Orange County is 38 ft, based on 24,205 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Orange County wells page.

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

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