Best well drillers in Orange County, Florida

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 423 drilling companies with wells on record in Orange County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 12,925 logged wells in Florida's water-management districts and county well-permitting programs (records as of 2026-08-14). Every number links back to the public record.

423companies on record

207active since 2022

12,925wells in county record

#	Company	In Orange Co. since 2016	All-time in county	Statewide
1	Cory Ratchford	484	831	2,049
2	Chad Hall	380	380	1,062
3	Tony Neese	307	309	335
4	Christian Dodd	268	390	1,265
5	Jeff Zeigler	251	381	1,226
6	Ryan Hadden	229	229	627
7	Glen Pennington	206	206	399
8	Njoki Campbell	199	199	200
9	Chris Phelps	196	200	811
10	Henry Colston	192	196	888
11	Mickey Ritter	183	183	703
12	Tim Simmons	154	192	520
13	Robby Crowfoot	148	148	1,104
14	Jared Link	144	264	1,075
15	Trey Huddleston	113	113	722
16	Virgil Howell	109	109	350
17	Jonathan Abbott	99	99	148
18	William D Tennant	95	95	171
19	Carl Leonhardt	95	95	152
20	Jason Mance	94	94	407
21	Jacob Ploss	94	94	215
22	Dave Longino	91	121	479
23	Danny Richards	89	89	393
24	Jose Wagner	83	83	294
25	Luis A. Castillo	81	81	191
26	Sam Segarra	80	80	141
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	Keith Olson	54	54	95
38	Thomas King	52	52	82
39	Matthew Montana	51	51	295
40	Jason Armstrong	49	49	168
41	John Alford	48	48	123
42	Eric Membreno	47	59	180
43	Alex Cabral	47	47	96
44	Ziaire Brown	47	47	48
45	Taylor Wiggins	45	45	410
46	Justin Sullivan	45	45	230
47	Marcus Williams	44	44	455
48	Tyler Duncan	43	43	79
49	Tim Myers	42	64	488
50	James Rhoad	41	41	786
51	William Hagan	40	40	169
52	Jason Fromm	40	40	49
53	Dewayne Mcvay	39	39	196
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	33	33	194
62	Grady Christian	31	45	993
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	Lascelles Alexander Daniels	27	27	27
69	Patrick Zomer	26	26	81
70	Dewayne Mcvvay	26	26	50
71	Andras Papp	26	26	42
72	Tim Moyer	24	24	129
73	Angel Coss	24	24	63
74	Taylor Scruggs	24	24	119
75	Adam Chamblee	24	24	28
76	Tim Campbell	24	24	26
77	Jimmy Skaggs	23	23	98
78	TI Williams	23	23	56
79	Donald Tindall	23	23	111
80	Matt Bale	22	22	218
81	Edward Garcia	22	22	126
82	Jordan Stone	22	22	29
83	Mitch Pennington	22	22	25
84	Jesse Delamater	21	21	38
85	Bobby J Holtzapple	20	20	104
86	Salvador Cruz	20	20	72
87	Marc Nieves	19	19	89
88	Dan Richards	19	19	159
89	Marbel Cornelio	18	18	37
90	Clayton Soden	17	17	734
91	Jay Mccubbin	16	16	63
92	James Robinson	16	16	54
93	Alan Lamtman	16	16	34
94	Allan Kimmel	15	15	41
95	William Mckinney	15	15	70
96	Joshua Goodrich	14	14	524
97	John Maffett	14	14	63
98	Michael Myers	14	14	62
99	Jacob Harris	14	14	47
100	Paul Poorbaugh	13	13	191
101	Jack Patterson	13	13	94
102	David Longino	12	13	151
103	Shane Gulbrand	12	12	896
104	David Jones	12	12	75
105	Blake Bogart	12	12	111
106	Keith M Sikes SR	12	12	31
107	Kevin Valentino	11	105	549
108	Daniel J Loucks	11	11	25
109	Dan Loucks	10	30	214
110	Joe Baker	10	10	68
111	Michael Alexander	10	10	50
112	Theotis Grider	10	10	42
113	Greg & Craig Fagan	10	10	35
114	Eddie Hull	9	37	379
115	Jerry E Thompson	9	28	59
116	Brian Davis	9	9	263
117	Tim L. Britton	9	9	130
118	Dan Gronholz	9	9	106
119	DJ Penny	9	9	25
120	Richard Koltunski?	8	30	499
121	Jon Morin	8	8	984
122	Tony Hudson	7	17	108
123	Jacob Lee Barnes	7	7	158
124	Paul Otto	7	7	207
125	Jonathan Britton	7	7	73
126	Levi Mainard	7	7	87
127	Pat Zomer	7	7	78
128	Lane Veal	7	7	35
129	Dustin Woodrum	7	7	36
130	Jacob Larkin	7	7	121
131	Tim Meyers	7	7	29
132	Tim Myers/Ryan Hadden	7	7	43
133	Tony Herrington	6	17	161
134	Grimmer Mapp	6	12	25
135	Jerry Thompson JR	6	8	35
136	James Skaggs	6	6	79
137	Omar Velazquez	6	6	54
138	Josh Goodrich	6	6	40
139	Timothy Gallagher	6	6	34
140	Colton Stiefel	6	6	27
141	Tyler Bradshaw	5	5	582
142	Kent Fowler	5	5	143
143	Randy Duncan	5	5	87
144	Diego Regis	5	5	44
145	Michael Daughtery	5	5	103
146	Josh Welch	5	5	57
147	Jerry E Thompson JR	4	76	173
148	Henry Towns	4	13	36
149	Reggie Hardwicke	4	8	303
150	Michael Tovet	4	4	566
151	Jacob Barnes	4	4	282
152	Paul A Poorbaugh	4	4	75
153	David W Vanlandingham JR	4	4	30
154	Raymond Lebron	3	139	650
155	David Cullen	3	18	1,611
156	James Ernstes	3	3	315
157	Tim Fussell	3	3	60
158	Cory D. Shetters	3	3	57
159	Brandy Durham	3	3	47
160	Amdrill Inc.	3	3	659
161	Charles Norris	3	3	27
162	Paul Lemenze	3	3	25
163	Charles Bucher?	2	56	201
164	Timothy Simmons?	2	45	175
165	Jerry Thompson	2	22	76
166	Raymond Robinson	2	15	123
167	Eric Parsons	2	5	43
168	Richard Trentham	2	3	675
169	Kevin W Coker	2	2	1,019
170	Rick Trentham	2	2	767
171	Brendan Busbee	2	2	143
172	Reggie C. Hardwicke	2	2	88
173	Tim Britton	2	2	53
174	Skylar Albritton	2	2	63
175	R.duncan	2	2	28
176	William Tennant	2	2	60
177	Dalvise Curry	2	2	25
178	Latrell Lisbon	2	2	35
179	Bryan Nazworth	1	77	292
180	Daniel Curtin	1	29	136
181	Eddie Palmer	1	16	167
182	Roy Rushing?	1	11	39
183	David Vanlandingham JR	1	1	235
184	Ariel Torres	1	1	397
185	Tristan Andrews	1	1	145
186	Jordan Huffman	1	1	64
187	Richard D. Tripp	1	1	47
188	Zach Elburn	1	1	34
189	Dandarrius Harvey	1	1	32
190	Blane King	1	1	28
191	Justin Smith	1	1	56
192	Tony	1	1	41
193	Clay Soden	1	1	491
194	Frank Harrington?	—	374	654
195	Timothy Myers?	—	176	1,392
196	James Przemieniecki?	—	117	279
197	David A. Stewart, Jr.?	—	107	156
198	Daniel Meister?	—	79	155
199	Jimmy Trentham?	—	75	2,392
200	Allen Moose?	—	73	806
201	Durell Langford?	—	67	770
202	Paul	—	64	1,223
203	Dan Meister?	—	58	110
204	Mike Burk?	—	57	277
205	Jon Yarema	—	56	291
206	Bill Pentz	—	55	55
207	Larry Pugh?	—	54	65
208	Lonnie Vanzant	—	51	402
209	Russ Wilkie?	—	47	242
210	Ken Durham	—	46	92
211	Lee Tate?	—	39	91
212	Kevin Wiggins?	—	38	804
213	Nick Smarrito?	—	38	170
214	Jimmy Trantham?	—	35	279
215	Bob Evans?	—	33	143
216	Daniel J. Race?	—	32	111
217	Roger Hutchison	—	32	80
218	Leroy A Winkler?	—	32	54
219	Billy K Mcclain?	—	31	50
220	W. G. Nilles?	—	31	31
221	Jim Hinst?	—	28	152
222	Henry M Towns	—	28	31
223	Reggie Reis?	—	27	63
224	Duane Patten?	—	27	38
225	Ray Hays?	—	27	28
226	Jim Jewett?	—	25	29
227	William L. Sima Jr.?	—	24	196
228	Michael A. Brewer?	—	24	130
229	Gary Wagner?	—	24	81
230	Tim Borne	—	24	45
231	Lewis M. Dykes?	—	23	75
232	Vic Mansfield?	—	22	81
233	C Wallace	—	22	26
234	Peter Erdmann?	—	21	240
235	Wesley A Wiggins	—	21	86
236	Leo Weaver?	—	21	83
237	Russ Everett?	—	21	33
238	David Shanaway?	—	21	33
239	Keith Barnes	—	20	1,132
240	Doug Heath?	—	20	156
241	Mark Murray?	—	20	105
242	Ron Moore?	—	20	79
243	L. Tate?	—	20	73
244	Peter Lankenau	—	19	1,589
245	Isaac Gallant	—	19	90
246	Randall Schimmel?	—	19	48
247	RJ Soto	—	19	38
248	David A Stewart JR 30265	—	19	27
249	Jerry Mcdonald?	—	18	120
250	Ralph Newby	—	18	106
251	James Hinst	—	17	139
252	Mike Claytor?	—	17	94
253	Lewis Dykes?	—	17	56
254	Isacc Gallant	—	17	48
255	Donald H. Stevison?	—	17	43
256	Jim Dodge	—	16	67
257	Jay K Wasden?	—	16	64
258	Bill Hammond	—	16	59
259	Brad Schmidt?	—	16	53
260	Chris Perry	—	15	58
261	John Ward?	—	15	137
262	Anwar Hak	—	15	89
263	Rickey Parker?	—	14	1,079
264	Craig Taylor	—	14	223
265	Fred Douglas?	—	14	152
266	Michael E. Burk?	—	14	74
267	Tim Smith?	—	14	59
268	Randy Robinson?	—	14	26
269	Jim Roberts?	—	13	85
270	Mike Brewer?	—	13	59
271	Ricky Ward?	—	13	40
272	Larry Pitt?	—	13	35
273	Lance Starling?	—	13	27
274	John Hildereth	—	12	45
275	Durell Landford	—	12	32
276	Robert Schmidt?	—	11	54
277	William D. Gray?	—	11	33
278	Brandon Selph?	—	10	364
279	George Hayes?	—	10	160
280	Bill Pemberton?	—	10	87
281	Wesley Wiggins	—	10	63
282	Roderick Fuller?	—	10	53
283	Roy Rowland	—	10	53
284	David Hays	—	9	29
285	Bruce Perry	—	9	102
286	Wesley Allen Wiggins	—	9	58
287	Shane Nowlen?	—	9	51
288	Rick Ward?	—	9	38
289	Pete Erdmann?	—	8	203
290	Terry Florio	—	8	29
291	Charles Weaver?	—	8	25
292	Philip Miller	—	7	35
293	Charlie Christian	—	7	430
294	Tom Mccune	—	7	81
295	Richard Reed?	—	7	55
296	Sam Wiggins?	—	7	47
297	Robert A. Sams?	—	7	37
298	David L Shanaway?	—	7	32
299	Ken Wiggs?	—	7	30
300	William Boogar?	—	7	28
301	Allen Hardwicke?	—	6	248
302	Michael Bryson?	—	6	90
303	Rick Miller?	—	6	87
304	Greg Waxel?	—	6	74
305	Keith?	—	6	36
306	Custom Drilling Services Inc.	—	5	17,556
307	Jimmy?	—	5	42
308	Charles?	—	5	30
309	A. W. Floyd Jr.?	—	5	401
310	Gordon Teston	—	5	175
311	Jackie Fagan?	—	5	117
312	Lamar Wilson?	—	5	93
313	Bill Brooks?	—	5	88
314	Mike Wells?	—	5	86
315	Edwin Broxton?	—	5	70
316	Steve A Wallace	—	5	43
317	Will Young?	—	5	39
318	Don Mixon?	—	5	36
319	Jimmy Nussbaumer	—	5	32
320	F. N. Goodall	—	5	32
321	Bill Koons?	—	5	30
322	Timothy L Myers	—	5	29
323	J. Reyome?	—	5	29
324	James	—	4	90
325	Tom Burke Services	—	4	2,869
326	James L Feeley?	—	4	231
327	Mike Miller	—	4	163
328	Ronald Bassett	—	4	131
329	Michael Meyer?	—	4	97
330	Randall Buchhold?	—	4	59
331	William Lindry?	—	4	45
332	Bill Gray?	—	4	29
333	William Young?	—	4	26
334	Spring Hill Well Drilling	—	3	19,323
335	Gregory Campbell	—	3	257
336	Jeff Ziegler	—	3	32
337	Mark Mock?	—	3	4,001
338	Kevin Reffuse	—	3	173
339	Michael Eggert?	—	3	170
340	Tom Seddon	—	3	148
341	Greg Campbell	—	3	142
342	John Moore	—	3	94
343	ED Cehi?	—	3	77
344	Bruce Cummings?	—	3	54
345	William Smith?	—	3	49
346	Danny Meridith	—	3	40
347	Floyd N Goodall JR	—	3	33
348	Ron Moor	—	3	32
349	Michael Burk?	—	3	31
350	Mike Konders?	—	3	27
351	Michael Brewer?	—	3	26
352	Charlie Chandler Jr.?	—	2	1,294
353	Albert E Smith?	—	2	1,058
354	Coy J. Rainey?	—	2	203
355	Johnny Strickland?	—	2	202
356	Matt	—	2	151
357	Billy Douglas?	—	2	126
358	Curtis B. Murtland	—	2	98
359	Rod Fagan?	—	2	74
360	Donald Roberts JR?	—	2	73
361	Bobby Griner?	—	2	66
362	David Hearne?	—	2	62
363	William Lindsey?	—	2	57
364	John Catron	—	2	52
365	Clyde Gnann	—	2	52
366	Peter Lankerau?	—	2	42
367	Ben Huss	—	2	36
368	Terry D Elmore?	—	2	34
369	David Culler?	—	2	32
370	Vance Biehl?	—	2	31
371	Butch Krapf?	—	2	31
372	American Drilling, Inc.	—	1	4,899
373	Dunham Well Drilling Inc.	—	1	8,110
374	Randy Buchhold	—	1	318
375	Jesse Benton	—	1	112
376	Charlie Chandler	—	1	202
377	Jeremy Benton	—	1	26
378	Permit Personal	—	1	1,601
379	James Nichols	—	1	284
380	David Vanlandingham	—	1	263
381	Jeff	—	1	144
382	Jeff Hausinger	—	1	25
383	Lagrow Irrigation	—	1	3,025
384	Harry Cannon Well Drilling	—	1	2,336
385	Tuck Trentham	—	1	1,544
386	Discount Well & Pump Service Inc.	—	1	1,455
387	H&h Well Drilling	—	1	1,194
388	Willis Well Drilling	—	1	1,077
389	Tullis Well Drilling	—	1	889
390	Frank D Boydstun?	—	1	626
391	Gordon Haney Well Drilling	—	1	567
392	Youman's And Son Well Drilling	—	1	446
393	Young's Well Drilling	—	1	399
394	Reliable Well Drilling	—	1	392
395	Steve Cook	—	1	352
396	Albert Smith?	—	1	319
397	David Zaumeyer	—	1	248
398	Carters Well Drilling	—	1	233
399	Emil Gumieny?	—	1	221
400	Allen Moore	—	1	139
401	Gary Clippard?	—	1	98
402	George W Freeman	—	1	87
403	Dennis Perez?	—	1	71
404	Cory Cone	—	1	67
405	Fred W Douglas?	—	1	62
406	William Moses	—	1	51
407	Coy Rainey	—	1	46
408	David Searfoss	—	1	42
409	Mike Wills?	—	1	40
410	Durell?	—	1	39
411	Jeff Bair?	—	1	37
412	Michael J Murphy	—	1	35
413	David Griffey?	—	1	35
414	Anthony Rizzo	—	1	34
415	Leff	—	1	33
416	William L. Sima Jr. Ellis Well Drilling?	—	1	33
417	R. T. Vermeulen?	—	1	32
418	Edward J Cehi?	—	1	31
419	F. L. Hicks?	—	1	29
420	John Rochford?	—	1	29
421	G G Griffa?	—	1	27
422	Edward Cehi	—	1	25
423	F N Goodall JR?	—	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 — 484 since 2016, 831 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Orange County?

423 companies in the FL WMD/county record have drilled wells in Orange County; 207 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 24,138 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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