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Best well drillers in Kendall County, Illinois
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 110 drilling companies with wells
on record in Kendall County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 4,655 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.
110companies on record
14active since 2022
4,655wells in county record
| # | Company | In Kendall Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Knierim, Ken/K & K Well Drlg. | 155 | 216 | 831 |
| 2 | Neely, Mark S. | 63 | 467 | 1,091 |
| 3 | Liberg, Steve Jr. | 37 | 44 | 666 |
| 4 | Area Well & Pump | 6 | 55 | 755 |
| 5 | Stinnett, David | 2 | 60 | 1,658 |
| 6 | Will County Well & Pump | 2 | 14 | 724 |
| 7 | Layne Christensen Co. | 2 | 2 | 49 |
| 8 | Strange, Robert E. | 1 | 32 | 558 |
| 9 | Jason Jablonski | 1 | 1 | 89 |
| 10 | Matt Liberg | 1 | 1 | 180 |
| 11 | Municipal Well & Pump, Inc. | 1 | 1 | 49 |
| 12 | Brown, Darwin | — | 1,033 | 2,130 |
| 13 | Knierim, Phil | — | 553 | 5,361 |
| 14 | Knierim Company, Inc. | — | 461 | 888 |
| 15 | Neeley, Harry C. | — | 203 | 455 |
| 16 | Neely, Harry C. | — | 124 | 532 |
| 17 | Fykes, Charles N. | — | 117 | 5,947 |
| 18 | Lockport Well & Pump | — | 95 | 352 |
| 19 | Palmer & Son, B. L. | — | 81 | 137 |
| 20 | Geltz, N. H. | — | 77 | 254 |
| 21 | Walters, Larry | — | 69 | 1,465 |
| 22 | Knierim, James | — | 67 | 897 |
| 23 | Matherly, Hubert | — | 66 | 1,477 |
| 24 | Fykes Charles & Pump | — | 58 | 127 |
| 25 | Ken Knierim/K & K Well Drlg. | — | 53 | 112 |
| 26 | Layne Western Co., Inc. | — | 47 | 1,442 |
| 27 | Dietzman, Gerald E. | — | 39 | 1,210 |
| 28 | Chitty R E | — | 38 | 42 |
| 29 | Knierim, James Richard | — | 37 | 38 |
| 30 | K & K Well Drilling | — | 34 | 3,028 |
| 31 | Johnson C R | — | 31 | 153 |
| 32 | Mallow | — | 31 | 71 |
| 33 | Pohl, Harold N. | — | 31 | 64 |
| 34 | Knierim James Muelle | — | 26 | 32 |
| 35 | Butts, Leon | — | 25 | 156 |
| 36 | Fordonski, Keith | — | 24 | 1,622 |
| 37 | Pitz, John W. | — | 20 | 317 |
| 38 | Touvell Albert R | — | 20 | 52 |
| 39 | Weirich, William Theodore | — | 18 | 568 |
| 40 | Senffner, Alan James | — | 17 | 1,250 |
| 41 | Rob, Ronald Gene | — | 16 | 2,075 |
| 42 | Will-Dupage Drilling | — | 16 | 63 |
| 43 | Wellendorf, Rodney | — | 15 | 2,313 |
| 44 | NO Company | — | 14 | 508 |
| 45 | Anderson & Son, T. F. | — | 14 | 211 |
| 46 | Knierin Paul | — | 14 | 61 |
| 47 | Woodruff Charles Co. | — | 11 | 140 |
| 48 | Meadow Equipment | — | 10 | 781 |
| 49 | Dupage Pump | — | 8 | 1,094 |
| 50 | Breitzke, Wm. | — | 7 | 224 |
| 51 | Pitz, N. L. | — | 7 | 186 |
| 52 | Steve Liberg, Jr. | — | 7 | 43 |
| 53 | Liberg, Patrick A. | — | 6 | 779 |
| 54 | Gaffke, George E. | — | 6 | 4,817 |
| 55 | Kerry, Charles M. | — | 6 | 535 |
| 56 | Bisping, Calvin | — | 5 | 437 |
| 57 | Tri County Well & Pump | — | 5 | 289 |
| 58 | Buffington, G. | — | 5 | 130 |
| 59 | Moore, John V. | — | 5 | 106 |
| 60 | Johnson, Charles R. | — | 5 | 59 |
| 61 | Wehling Well Works, Inc. | — | 4 | 755 |
| 62 | Doyle, Gerald | — | 4 | 242 |
| 63 | Neely & Etal | — | 4 | 27 |
| 64 | Liberg, Steven Scott | — | 3 | 377 |
| 65 | Dreher & Schorie | — | 3 | 191 |
| 66 | Hart - Will-Dupage Drilling | — | 3 | 125 |
| 67 | Cole, Raymond Joseph Jr. | — | 3 | 92 |
| 68 | Wehling, Robert | — | 3 | 73 |
| 69 | Neely, Paul C. | — | 3 | 60 |
| 70 | Strange, Michael | — | 2 | 1,017 |
| 71 | Sharpe, Franklin N. | — | 2 | 2,123 |
| 72 | Lutes, George W. | — | 2 | 650 |
| 73 | Liberg, Thomas P. | — | 2 | 357 |
| 74 | Liberg, John E. | — | 2 | 346 |
| 75 | Wills, William D. | — | 2 | 333 |
| 76 | Wehling, Richard H. | — | 2 | 312 |
| 77 | Senffner, Keith | — | 2 | 209 |
| 78 | Kerry, Charles | — | 2 | 126 |
| 79 | Layne & Western Co. | — | 2 | 110 |
| 80 | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. | — | 2 | 107 |
| 81 | Dick's Well & Pump | — | 2 | 100 |
| 82 | Dreher, Theodore Albert | — | 2 | 83 |
| 83 | Bill Sosnowski | — | 2 | 29 |
| 84 | Cole, Raymond J. | — | 1 | 1,135 |
| 85 | Fischer, James Monroe | — | 1 | 532 |
| 86 | Stone, Guy D. | — | 1 | 337 |
| 87 | Stinnett, James R. | — | 1 | 309 |
| 88 | Miller, J.p. Artesian Well Co. | — | 1 | 300 |
| 89 | Knierum, Paul | — | 1 | 296 |
| 90 | Stone, James R. | — | 1 | 292 |
| 91 | Miller, J. P. Art. Well | — | 1 | 291 |
| 92 | Sission, Edward H. | — | 1 | 291 |
| 93 | Rix, John Richard | — | 1 | 239 |
| 94 | Harding, James R. | — | 1 | 207 |
| 95 | Ward, Delbert G. | — | 1 | 203 |
| 96 | Dober, Darrel R. | — | 1 | 171 |
| 97 | Woodruff, Charles E. Co. | — | 1 | 137 |
| 98 | Bolliger, John & Sons | — | 1 | 136 |
| 99 | Delaney, Leonard I. | — | 1 | 129 |
| 100 | Wehling, Richard W. | — | 1 | 123 |
| 101 | Hall, Edward - Web Well & Pump | — | 1 | 89 |
| 102 | Shaver, James R. Sr. | — | 1 | 77 |
| 103 | Comar Drilling Co., Inc. | — | 1 | 74 |
| 104 | Layne-Western Drlg | — | 1 | 61 |
| 105 | Raimonde & Sons | — | 1 | 60 |
| 106 | Smith, T. H. | — | 1 | 43 |
| 107 | Matherly, Lonnie | — | 1 | 38 |
| 108 | Vickery Drilling Co., Inc. | — | 1 | 37 |
| 109 | Varner Well Drilling | — | 1 | 31 |
| 110 | Neely Cliff L | — | 1 | 26 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Kendall 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 Kendall County?
Knierim, Ken/K & K Well Drlg. has drilled the most Kendall County wells in the recent record — 155 since 2016, 216 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Kendall County?
110 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Kendall County; 14 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 Kendall County?
The median drilled depth in Kendall County is 235 ft, based on 4,977 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Kendall County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Kendall County wells page.
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