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Best well drillers in Kern County, California

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 228 drilling companies with wells on record in Kern County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 16,254 logged wells in the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) Well Completion Reports database (records as of 2026-08-14). Every number links back to the public record.

228companies on record
94active since 2022
16,254wells in county record
#CompanyIn Kern Co. since 2016All-time in countyStatewide
1 Zim Industries Inc. Dba Bakersfield Well & Pump Co. 294 646 1,716
2 Camp S A Pump Company 261 424 497
3 Consolidated Testing Laboratories Inc. 113 380 1,405
4 A-1 Drilling & Pump 90 90 218
5 Farwest Corrosion Control Company 88 439 2,649
6 Abundant Water Wells 72 73 173
7 Bryant Pump & Drilling Company 55 537 1,000
8 American Construction And Supply Inc. 54 225 1,685
9 Hearn Drilling Co. 52 488 492
10 Johnson Drilling Co. 48 1,065 11,865
11 Farm Pump And Irrigation Company Inc. 47 280 451
12 Garrison Brothers Well Service 39 39 46
13 South Valley Pump & Drilling 38 38 69
14 Drill Hog 35 35 74
15 Boetsch Well Drilling And Pump Service 34 370 522
16 C J Logan Pump & Electric Inc. 31 31 34
17 Vics Well Drilling Inc. 29 33 337
18 Hearn Ritchison Drilling LLC 26 26 26
19 Cascade Drilling LP 24 24 826
20 Matthew Davis Enterprises Inc. 22 22 40
21 Lackey Drilling 20 29 41
22 Cascade Drilling L P 17 35 2,827
23 Petro - Lud Inc. 17 18 26
24 Layne Christensen Company 15 71 2,362
25 Myers Brothers Well Drilling Inc. 13 50 2,865
26 Nor - Cal Pump & Well Drilling Inc. 11 12 248
27 Gregory Drilling Incorporated 11 11 143
28 Arsenal Well Drilling Inc. 8 8 234
29 Well Industries Inc. 7 7 558
30 Anthony J Prieto 7 7 2,330
31 Best Drilling And Pump Inc. 6 23 248
32 Corrpro Companies Inc. 6 8 737
33 Bertram Drilling Inc. 6 7 1,171
34 Central Valley Well Drilling & Pumps LLC 6 6 102
35 Boart Longyear Company 5 15 172
36 S/G Testing Laboratories Inc. 5 6 187
37 Gregg Drilling LLC 5 5 558
38 J & O Well Drilling 5 5 159
39 Lackey Bob Drilling 4 28 32
40 Gregg Drilling & Testing Inc. 4 22 4,828
41 Bradley & Sons Inc. 4 19 3,627
42 Big Dog Drilling Inc. 4 14 70
43 Barbour Well Inc. 4 7 32
44 Strickland Enterprises Inc. 4 4 2,026
45 A B C Liovin Drilling Inc. 4 4 1,281
46 King Pump And Well, Inc. 4 4 47
47 Signal Drilling Company 3 454 8,301
48 Grabow Well Drilling Company 3 55 2,646
49 Yellow Jacket Drilling Services LLC 3 6 291
50 Filipponi-Thompson Drilling Inc. 3 3 2,133
51 B & B Well Drilling Incorporated 3 3 390
52 Geocentric Drilling Inc. 3 3 81
53 Stonehouse Well Drilling 3 3 157
54 M & M Well Drilling 3 3 74
55 Deer Creek Drilling Inc. 3 3 38
56 Kirschenman's Well Drilling 2 898 1,159
57 Rottman Drilling Co. 2 306 1,331
58 Arthur & Orum Well Drilling Inc. 2 33 3,219
59 Miller Drilling Co. 2 25 1,775
60 Bc2 Environmental LLC 2 4 416
61 Canepa And Sons Inc. 2 3 3,173
62 Haynes & Sons Well Drilling 2 3 1,242
63 Big River Drilling LLC 2 2 715
64 Prieto Anthony J Water Well Drilling Inc. 2 2 637
65 H & B Drilling And Sons LLC 2 2 414
66 Wildrose Drilling LLC 2 2 102
67 A Z C A Drilling & Pump Inc. 2 2 171
68 Five Star Well Drilling Inc. 2 2 45
69 National E W P Inc. 1 6 431
70 Water Well Service Inc. 1 3 145
71 Eagle Well Drilling & Pump Service 1 2 542
72 Castle Construction & Well Drilling Inc. 1 2 142
73 Scott Belknap Well Drilling Inc. 1 1 1,131
74 99 Drilling LLC 1 1 265
75 Fisch Drilling And Pump Inc. 1 1 663
76 C R Well Drilling 1 1 455
77 All American Drilling Inc. 1 1 144
78 Oasis FG Drilling 1 1 60
79 Samuel's Drilling 1 1 38
80 National Corrosion 1 1 28
81 Diversified Drilling 1 1 82
82 Donald C Vickery Well Drilling 1 1 150
83 Starr Drilling And Pump Co. — 677 875
84 D. W. Slooum — 669 688
85 Crown Drilling & Pump — 585 596
86 Trudell Drilling Co. — 575 707
87 Wasco Drilling Company, Inc. — 520 554
88 Sheela Drilling — 497 499
89 Whitten Pumps Inc. — 469 874
90 Diversified Exploration Co. Inc. — 306 751
91 Bakersfield Pump Co. — 261 303
92 Mel Meyer — 240 101,127
93 M A Bryant Drilling — 222 311
94 Sage Bros Drilling Co. — 200 232
95 D W Slocum Water Well Drilling — 200 217
96 Clark Albert M — 176 181
97 Redfeairn R L Drilling — 170 195
98 Rainbow Drilling — 156 207
99 Owens Drilling Co., Inc. — 146 805
100 Don Redfeairn Drilling Co. — 140 186
101 D-R Water Well Drill — 137 196
102 Moss Roscoe Company — 130 1,220
103 Arthur F Loper — 103 123
104 Pacific Coast Well Drilling Inc. — 92 337
105 Tex Bassham Drilling — 89 107
106 C. Cruse Drilling — 73 301
107 W D C Exploration & Wells — 63 2,421
108 F P I Well Drilling Inc. — 63 96
109 Virgil H Chase — 63 63
110 Golden Empire Drilling — 59 168
111 Reliance Drilling Co. — 59 62
112 Beylik Drilling & Pump Service — 58 1,267
113 Cruse Drilling Co. — 56 341
114 Robertson Drilling Co. — 55 61
115 Martin & Son Water Well Drilling — 54 54
116 Barnes Core Drlg — 52 86
117 Janco Pump & Equipment Co. — 49 49
118 Layne-Western Co. Inc. — 46 255
119 Evans Bros — 46 107
120 Klein Knight Drlg Co. — 44 72
121 Hylton Drilling Co. — 44 57
122 Robertson Bros — 43 68
123 Reuben J Boe Water Well Drilling — 43 45
124 K & D Drilling — 41 42
125 FA Moves — 38 38
126 Rauch Drilling Company Inc. — 35 520
127 Owen Drilling Co. — 35 255
128 E H Bradfield & Son — 35 35
129 Roy S Devoe — 35 35
130 Hail Drlg — 32 32
131 Peaker Paul — 30 36
132 Riley W Rummans — 29 29
133 Melton Drilling Co. — 28 46
134 Water Well Drilling Ernest E Bartell — 27 33
135 Knapp & Graham Inc. — 25 596
136 Rottman Dick Water Well Drilling — 25 211
137 Southern Sierra Drilling — 25 92
138 California Waterwell Serv — 25 25
139 Gungle Drilling — 24 27
140 Aqua Drilling — 23 923
141 Terry Well Drilling — 23 58
142 Howard Pump Inc. A California Corporation — 22 1,650
143 Myers Brothers Inc. — 22 796
144 J C Water Well Drilling — 22 52
145 Keener Exploration Drilling Co. — 22 37
146 Myers Reverse, Inc. — 21 2,389
147 C C Scott — 20 75
148 ED Owens & Son Drilling Co. — 20 48
149 S A Andresen All Terrain Exploration — 16 468
150 Hydro Resources - West Inc. — 16 97
151 Clement D Clubb C-G Drilling — 14 192
152 Corrosion Technology Inc. — 14 169
153 Sargent Drilling — 11 442
154 Beks Acquisition Inc. — 11 465
155 Belknap Scott M Well Drilling — 11 272
156 Midway Drilling & Pump Company — 10 753
157 Frank Scully/Morrison Drilling Inc. — 10 582
158 Beylik Drilling Inc. — 10 174
159 Enloe Well Drilling — 8 279
160 Randall N Wallis — 8 531
161 Cascade Drilling Inc. - California — 8 3,167
162 Allen's Drilling — 8 63
163 Western Well Drilling Co. Ltd — 7 842
164 J & H Drilling Co. Inc. — 6 978
165 Maggiora Bros Drilling Inc. — 6 4,674
166 Myers Well Drilling Inc. — 6 763
167 Krazan & Associates — 6 30
168 H-F Drilling, Inc. — 6 618
169 Big Valley Water LLC — 6 356
170 Curtis Hole Drilling Company — 6 187
171 L Larson — 6 36
172 Testamerica Drilling Corp — 5 378
173 L. Wade Inc. — 4 93
174 Environmental West Drilling — 4 38
175 Bsk Associates — 4 37
176 Miller & Johnson — 4 25
177 Walt Bannon Drilling Inc. — 3 2,498
178 Roadrunner Drilling & Pump Company Inc. — 3 205
179 MC Dougall's Well Drilling Inc. — 3 1,345
180 Burt Drilling Co. — 3 438
181 C W Drilling — 3 55
182 H W Bence — 3 47
183 Southwest Pump & Drilling Inc. — 2 290
184 West Hazmat Drilling Corp — 2 1,702
185 C & N Pump & Well Co. — 2 697
186 Mccalla Brothers — 2 578
187 Batson Drilling Service — 2 436
188 Island Drilling — 2 221
189 F H Dengley — 2 167
190 SO Cal Pump And Well Drilling — 2 158
191 Soilprobe Inc. — 2 133
192 Xxx — 2 113
193 Leroy Tyler — 2 100
194 Dail Rhoads Well Drilling — 2 95
195 Barber-Bridge Drilling Corp Ltd — 2 64
196 Keeler Drlg Co. — 2 30
197 Scoggin Drilling & Dev Co. — 2 30
198 Eaton Drilling Co. LLC — 1 3,793
199 Bess D Pump & Well Elect — 1 359
200 Sierra Exploration Drilling Co. Inc. — 1 802
201 Pacific Coast Drilling — 1 262
202 Maranatha Drilling And Pump Service — 1 307
203 Cache Creek Drilling — 1 247
204 Bill Belknap — 1 2,758
205 Valley Well & Pump Co. Inc. — 1 308
206 Tezak Pump Co. Inc. — 1 2,380
207 Pitcher Drilling Co. — 1 1,232
208 Trunnell Wells & Pumps — 1 384
209 Clovis Pump & Water Well — 1 323
210 Spectrum Exploration Inc. — 1 307
211 Filipponi & Thompson Drilling Company — 1 303
212 Big Valley Drilling — 1 294
213 Pacific Gas And Electric Company — 1 264
214 Mcgann Drilling — 1 254
215 Ralph E Anderson — 1 171
216 Bass Drilling — 1 154
217 Council Harold Drilling Co. — 1 154
218 Crisp & Sons Well Drilling — 1 136
219 B & W Drilling — 1 132
220 Roscoe Moss Company — 1 130
221 M R Peck & Sons — 1 125
222 H C Steines — 1 115
223 D L Rinker — 1 111
224 Ase Drilling Inc. — 1 82
225 Pioneer Drilling Inc. — 1 61
226 Mogle Brothers — 1 57
227 S I Guardino — 1 43
228 All American Water Supply OF California Inc. — 1 40

Ranked by wells drilled in Kern 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 Kern County?

Zim Industries Inc. Dba Bakersfield Well & Pump Co. has drilled the most Kern County wells in the recent record — 294 since 2016, 646 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Kern County?

228 companies in the DWR record have drilled wells in Kern County; 94 of them have drilled somewhere in California since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.

How deep is a typical well in Kern County?

The median drilled depth in Kern County is 400 ft, based on 21,061 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Kern County wells page.

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

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