← All Illinois drillers
Best well drillers in Grundy County, Illinois
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 100 drilling companies with wells
on record in Grundy County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 2,751 logged
wells in the Illinois State Geological Survey water well records (records as of 2026-08-20). Every number links back to
the public record.
100companies on record
11active since 2022
2,751wells in county record
| # | Company | In Grundy Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Liberg, Steve Jr. | 74 | 87 | 666 |
| 2 | Area Well & Pump | 54 | 272 | 755 |
| 3 | Knierim, Ken/K & K Well Drlg. | 38 | 41 | 831 |
| 4 | Strange, Robert E. | 17 | 266 | 558 |
| 5 | Wills, William D. | 9 | 197 | 333 |
| 6 | Strange, Michael | 3 | 10 | 1,017 |
| 7 | Will County Well & Pump | 3 | 9 | 724 |
| 8 | Neely, Mark S. | 2 | 6 | 1,091 |
| 9 | Wiesenhofer, Andrew | 1 | 19 | 1,411 |
| 10 | White, Chris Alan | 1 | 6 | 432 |
| 11 | Sharpe, Franklin N. | 1 | 2 | 2,123 |
| 12 | Municipal Well & Pump, Inc. | 1 | 1 | 49 |
| 13 | Layne Christensen Co. | 1 | 1 | 49 |
| 14 | Fykes, Charles N. | — | 393 | 5,947 |
| 15 | Anderson & Son, T. F. | — | 180 | 211 |
| 16 | Fordonski, Keith | — | 140 | 1,622 |
| 17 | Lockport Well & Pump | — | 129 | 352 |
| 18 | Knierim, Phil | — | 110 | 5,361 |
| 19 | NO Company | — | 93 | 508 |
| 20 | Rix, John Richard | — | 79 | 239 |
| 21 | Knierim, Paul L. | — | 73 | 834 |
| 22 | Wills, Elmer | — | 69 | 162 |
| 23 | Brown, Darwin | — | 51 | 2,130 |
| 24 | Matherly, Hubert | — | 48 | 1,477 |
| 25 | Rob, Ronald Gene | — | 36 | 2,075 |
| 26 | Walters, Larry | — | 33 | 1,465 |
| 27 | Knierim, James | — | 27 | 897 |
| 28 | Bisping, Calvin | — | 25 | 437 |
| 29 | Wills, Elmer D. | — | 22 | 26 |
| 30 | Wehling Well Works, Inc. | — | 21 | 755 |
| 31 | Doyle, Gerald | — | 21 | 242 |
| 32 | Layne Western Co., Inc. | — | 20 | 1,442 |
| 33 | Knierin Paul | — | 16 | 61 |
| 34 | K & K Well Drilling | — | 13 | 3,028 |
| 35 | Scherf Robert William | — | 11 | 614 |
| 36 | Wellendorf, Rodney | — | 10 | 2,313 |
| 37 | Rob, Peter | — | 10 | 1,142 |
| 38 | Hayes & Sims Drlg | — | 10 | 54 |
| 39 | Mallow | — | 9 | 71 |
| 40 | Albrecht Well Drillers | — | 9 | 66 |
| 41 | Smith, T. H. | — | 9 | 43 |
| 42 | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. | — | 8 | 107 |
| 43 | Dick's Well & Pump | — | 8 | 100 |
| 44 | Steve Liberg, Jr. | — | 8 | 43 |
| 45 | Tri County Well & Pump | — | 7 | 289 |
| 46 | Will-Dupage Drilling | — | 7 | 63 |
| 47 | Stinnett, David | — | 6 | 1,658 |
| 48 | Johnson C R | — | 6 | 153 |
| 49 | Woodruff Charles Co. | — | 6 | 140 |
| 50 | Albrecht, Dean S. | — | 5 | 693 |
| 51 | Neely, Harry C. | — | 5 | 532 |
| 52 | Wehling, Richard H. | — | 5 | 312 |
| 53 | Donald E. Stoneberger | — | 5 | 277 |
| 54 | Wehling, Robert | — | 5 | 73 |
| 55 | Knierim Company, Inc. | — | 4 | 888 |
| 56 | Meadow Equipment | — | 4 | 781 |
| 57 | Miller, J. P. Art. Well | — | 4 | 291 |
| 58 | Dreher, Theodore Albert | — | 4 | 83 |
| 59 | Norris, Marvin | — | 4 | 54 |
| 60 | Dietzman, Gerald E. | — | 3 | 1,210 |
| 61 | Wehling, Wendell E. | — | 3 | 583 |
| 62 | Kerry, Charles M. | — | 3 | 535 |
| 63 | Neeley, Harry C. | — | 3 | 455 |
| 64 | Hall, Edward - Web Well & Pump | — | 3 | 89 |
| 65 | Milaeger Well Drilling Co. | — | 3 | 63 |
| 66 | Stoneberger, Donald | — | 3 | 47 |
| 67 | Albrecht, S. Dean | — | 2 | 1,836 |
| 68 | Buffington, G. | — | 2 | 130 |
| 69 | Hart - Will-Dupage Drilling | — | 2 | 125 |
| 70 | Wehling, Richard W. | — | 2 | 123 |
| 71 | Hayes & Sims | — | 2 | 115 |
| 72 | Crowe, Daniel J. | — | 2 | 76 |
| 73 | Comar Drilling Co., Inc. | — | 2 | 74 |
| 74 | Grieves, Clifford | — | 2 | 62 |
| 75 | Stoneberger, Donald E. | — | 2 | 51 |
| 76 | Chitty R E | — | 2 | 42 |
| 77 | Joliet Pump Co. | — | 2 | 27 |
| 78 | Reynolds Well Drilling | — | 1 | 1,657 |
| 79 | Senffner, Alan James | — | 1 | 1,250 |
| 80 | Albrecht, S. D. | — | 1 | 413 |
| 81 | Liberg, John E. | — | 1 | 346 |
| 82 | Miller, J.p. Artesian Well Co. | — | 1 | 300 |
| 83 | Knierum, Paul | — | 1 | 296 |
| 84 | Scherf, Robert W. | — | 1 | 295 |
| 85 | Breitzke, Wm. | — | 1 | 224 |
| 86 | Jensen, Kenneth Lee | — | 1 | 216 |
| 87 | Bolliger, John & Sons | — | 1 | 136 |
| 88 | Ken Knierim/K & K Well Drlg. | — | 1 | 112 |
| 89 | Layne & Western Co. | — | 1 | 110 |
| 90 | Carson, James R. | — | 1 | 101 |
| 91 | Cole, Raymond Joseph Jr. | — | 1 | 92 |
| 92 | Layne-Western Drlg | — | 1 | 61 |
| 93 | Thorne, W. L. Co. | — | 1 | 47 |
| 94 | Smith A J | — | 1 | 47 |
| 95 | Santelman, Doyle D. | — | 1 | 43 |
| 96 | Rosenquist, K. W. | — | 1 | 42 |
| 97 | Donald N. Cleary | — | 1 | 40 |
| 98 | Dittmeyer, Peter W. | — | 1 | 37 |
| 99 | Bill Sosnowski | — | 1 | 29 |
| 100 | Leasure, Arthur C. | — | 1 | 25 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Grundy County since 2016 (then all-time), from the full ISGS
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 Grundy County?
Liberg, Steve Jr. has drilled the most Grundy County wells in the recent record — 74 since 2016, 87 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Grundy County?
100 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Grundy County; 11 of them have drilled somewhere in Illinois since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.
How deep is a typical well in Grundy County?
The median drilled depth in Grundy County is 168 ft, based on 3,475 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Grundy County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Grundy County wells page.
Drill in Grundy County?
If your company is on this list, your profile is free to claim — confirm your details and add your
contact information so Grundy County property owners reach you directly.
Claim your profile Free to claim · built from ISGS public well-log records.