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Best well drillers in Karnes County, Texas
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 81 drilling companies with wells
on record in Karnes County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 1,976 logged
wells in the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation Submitted Driller's Reports (SDR) database, administered by the Texas Water Development Board (records as of 2026-08-26). Every number links back to
the public record.
81companies on record
51active since 2022
1,976wells in county record
| # | Company | In Karnes Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Thomas Moy And Sons Water Well Drilling Inc. | 93 | 125 | 510 |
| 2 | Steve A Carroll | 72 | 72 | 127 |
| 3 | Friedel Drilling Company | 58 | 203 | 3,076 |
| 4 | Janysek Water Well Service | 45 | 45 | 77 |
| 5 | Thomas Moy And Sons | 43 | 171 | 753 |
| 6 | Chandler Drilling Inc. | 34 | 133 | 3,378 |
| 7 | H2o Well Service, LLC | 29 | 29 | 191 |
| 8 | Bull's Eye Services, LLC | 28 | 35 | 575 |
| 9 | Rangnow Water Well Service | 27 | 56 | 1,294 |
| 10 | J & S Water Wells | 25 | 68 | 2,842 |
| 11 | Moy's Water Well Services | 25 | 25 | 252 |
| 12 | M&c Waterwell Drilling | 18 | 428 | 943 |
| 13 | Drillink, Inc. | 18 | 18 | 244 |
| 14 | M&c Carroll Enterprises LLC | 15 | 15 | 37 |
| 15 | Stevens Drilling & Water Well Service | 14 | 14 | 654 |
| 16 | Borth Water Well | 13 | 71 | 388 |
| 17 | Carter Water Well Drilling | 8 | 23 | 3,035 |
| 18 | Moy's Water Well Drilling & Services OF Texas | 7 | 7 | 205 |
| 19 | Herbold Drilling | 4 | 6 | 635 |
| 20 | Motal Well Service | 4 | 4 | 259 |
| 21 | Paul Edmondson | 4 | 4 | 43 |
| 22 | Deharde Water Well Service | 3 | 30 | 1,906 |
| 23 | Water Well Services, Inc. | 3 | 24 | 316 |
| 24 | Mckinley Drilling | 3 | 7 | 704 |
| 25 | TJ & TB Drilling Inc. | 3 | 7 | 185 |
| 26 | Leon Davis Water Well | 3 | 5 | 53 |
| 27 | Blue Quail Energy Services Llc. | 3 | 3 | 772 |
| 28 | J B Drilling | 2 | 44 | 311 |
| 29 | Texas Southern Drilling | 2 | 2 | 1,116 |
| 30 | B&k Water Well Drilling | 2 | 2 | 234 |
| 31 | Lawson Water Wells | 2 | 2 | 72 |
| 32 | A C Water Well Service | 1 | 3 | 914 |
| 33 | Pawlik & Son W.s. | 1 | 3 | 117 |
| 34 | B & L Water Well Drilling Co. | 1 | 2 | 743 |
| 35 | WB Southern Drilling LLC | 1 | 1 | 348 |
| 36 | Weisinger Incorporated | 1 | 1 | 918 |
| 37 | Underground Water Resources, LLC | 1 | 1 | 461 |
| 38 | Cady's Water Wells | 1 | 1 | 1,453 |
| 39 | Hazelett Drilling | 1 | 1 | 227 |
| 40 | Sotex Water Well Service | 1 | 1 | 113 |
| 41 | Bootlegg Water Well Service | 1 | 1 | 35 |
| 42 | James Pawlik Water Wll Service, Inc. | 1 | 1 | 211 |
| 43 | Talon/Lpe | 1 | 1 | 71 |
| 44 | Layne | 1 | 1 | 106 |
| 45 | Pinnergy, Ltd | — | 42 | 4,678 |
| 46 | R Michael Chandler | — | 39 | 272 |
| 47 | J & S Water Wells - Tomas Salinas | — | 37 | 294 |
| 48 | Evans Drilling | — | 31 | 202 |
| 49 | Edward Pawlik & Son Well Service | — | 23 | 436 |
| 50 | Edward Pawlik & Son W S | — | 18 | 300 |
| 51 | J & S Water Wells - Primo Trejo | — | 13 | 216 |
| 52 | Thompson Water Well | — | 10 | 479 |
| 53 | Herbold Brothers | — | 8 | 706 |
| 54 | Bradfute Water Well Drilling | — | 6 | 189 |
| 55 | Page Water Well | — | 5 | 609 |
| 56 | Pipe Creek Water Well, Inc. | — | 5 | 599 |
| 57 | JB Drilling | — | 4 | 2,955 |
| 58 | Davenport Drilling & Pump Service | — | 4 | 335 |
| 59 | Lone Star Drilling & Pump Service | — | 3 | 290 |
| 60 | T & B Water Well | — | 3 | 97 |
| 61 | Cobra Water Well Drilling, Llc. | — | 2 | 614 |
| 62 | H. W. Schwope & Sons Inc. | — | 2 | 1,399 |
| 63 | Triple C Drilling | — | 2 | 188 |
| 64 | Lynch Water Well Drilling Inc. | — | 2 | 331 |
| 65 | Unison Drilling Inc. | — | 2 | 197 |
| 66 | J & S Water Wells - John Richardson | — | 2 | 78 |
| 67 | Tomas Salinas | — | 2 | 55 |
| 68 | Mesquite Drilling | — | 2 | 40 |
| 69 | Kutscher Drilling | — | 1 | 1,700 |
| 70 | James Pawlik Water Well Service, Inc. | — | 1 | 254 |
| 71 | Shepherd Drilling | — | 1 | 513 |
| 72 | Alsay Incorporated | — | 1 | 440 |
| 73 | Dennis Drilling Company | — | 1 | 681 |
| 74 | Burleson Services, Inc. | — | 1 | 935 |
| 75 | Biffle Water Well Service | — | 1 | 340 |
| 76 | Leeper Water Well Service | — | 1 | 153 |
| 77 | Page Waterwell Drilling | — | 1 | 139 |
| 78 | Page Waterwell | — | 1 | 130 |
| 79 | Vaughn Water Well Service, Inc. | — | 1 | 62 |
| 80 | Leeper | — | 1 | 36 |
| 81 | Primo Trejo | — | 1 | 29 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Karnes County since 2016 (then all-time), from the full TDLR SDR
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 Karnes County?
Thomas Moy And Sons Water Well Drilling Inc. has drilled the most Karnes County wells in the recent record — 93 since 2016, 125 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Karnes County?
81 companies in the TDLR SDR record have drilled wells in Karnes County; 51 of them have drilled somewhere in Texas since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.
How deep is a typical well in Karnes County?
The median drilled depth in Karnes County is 380 ft, based on 2,027 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Karnes County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Karnes County wells page.
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