Best well drillers in Hancock County, Mississippi

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 43 drilling companies with wells on record in Hancock County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 2,347 logged wells in MDEQ's Office of Land and Water Resources statewide well database together with the USGS National Water Information System groundwater inventory (records as of 2026-10-12). Every number links back to the public record.

43companies on record

0active since 2022

2,347wells in county record

#	Company	In Hancock Co. since 2016	All-time in county	Statewide
1	Ward Well Drilling Company	—	761	789
2	Necaise Well Service, Inc.	—	457	599
3	Sutter Well Works	—	323	419
4	Mcgill Pump And Well	—	160	1,602
5	Pouncey Water Wells	—	147	310
6	Penton Well Service	—	81	424
7	Bobby Beech Well Works And Pump Repair	—	52	151
8	Advanced Wells And Water, LLC	—	35	35
9	Duncan Well Drilling	—	34	220
10	Lyman Well Company, LLC	—	29	603
11	S And S Well Works	—	27	30
12	Bud Penton And Son Water Well Service	—	24	582
13	Wagnon Well Service	—	24	150
14	Griner Drilling Service, Inc.	—	21	1,463
15	Beechs Well Works	—	21	31
16	Layne Central Company	—	16	2,984
17	Boones Water Well Service, LLC	—	16	1,030
18	Braden Pump And Well Service Inc.	—	13	202
19	M And B Drilling Company, Inc.	—	13	106
20	Coastal Drilling And Service Company	—	12	1,568
21	Coast Water Well Service, Inc.	—	11	8,100
22	Walker Welding And Repair Shop	—	10	325
23	Thompson Brothers Drilling, Inc.	—	9	1,133
24	Cochran Water Well Service	—	6	386
25	Neil Lumpkin Water Well Service	—	6	40
26	Parker Water Well Service	—	5	152
27	Switzer Well Company	—	5	127
28	Tom Griffith Water Well And Conductor Service, Inc.	—	4	741
29	Carloss Well Supply Company	—	4	128
30	Anthony Drilling Company	—	3	84
31	Wells Water Well Drilling And Repair	—	2	514
32	Moores Water Well Service	—	2	399
33	Water Well Services, LLC	—	2	325
34	M And M Well Service	—	2	86
35	Burge Well Service	—	2	76
36	James Wells Water Well Service	—	1	2,329
37	Rayborn Drilling, Inc.	—	1	1,837
38	Jordan Water Well Service	—	1	355
39	Harrington Drilling Company	—	1	284
40	Walker-Hill Environmental, Inc.	—	1	83
41	Layne Christensen Company	—	1	43
42	Stockstill Brothers Inc.	—	1	25
43	Lumpkin Well Drilling Service	—	1	25

Ranked by wells drilled in Hancock County since 2016 (then all-time), from the full MDEQ + USGS 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 Hancock County?

Ward Well Drilling Company leads the Hancock County record with 761 wells all-time, though the county has little drilling activity since 2016.

How many well drilling companies work in Hancock County?

43 companies in the MDEQ + USGS record have drilled wells in Hancock County; 0 of them have drilled somewhere in Mississippi since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.

How deep is a typical well in Hancock County?

The median drilled depth in Hancock County is 220 ft, based on 3,673 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Hancock County wells page.

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

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