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Best well drillers in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 69 drilling companies with wells
on record in Milwaukee County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 929 logged
wells in the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Groundwater Retrieval Network (GRN) well-construction records (records as of 2026-08-14). Every number links back to
the public record.
69companies on record
15active since 2022
929wells in county record
| # | Company | In Milwaukee Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Sweeney, Kenneth R | 42 | 42 | 904 |
| 2 | Sam's Well Drilling Inc. | 24 | 46 | 21,895 |
| 3 | Groth Water Wells Inc. | 18 | 66 | 1,539 |
| 4 | Kenneth R Sweeney | 11 | 187 | 2,346 |
| 5 | Krizan, Kenneth J | 7 | 7 | 342 |
| 6 | 4-D Water Well & Pump Service LLC | 5 | 5 | 707 |
| 7 | Liebau, Arthur James | 5 | 5 | 34 |
| 8 | Arthur James Liebau | 4 | 6 | 33 |
| 9 | Kenneth J Krizan | 3 | 4 | 304 |
| 10 | Herr Well Drilling Inc. | 2 | 68 | 10,263 |
| 11 | Gehring, Lance M | 2 | 2 | 1,126 |
| 12 | Liebau Laun Inc. | 1 | 34 | 366 |
| 13 | Roschi Bros Well Drlg & Pump Inc. | 1 | 17 | 1,592 |
| 14 | Anhalt Well Drlg & Pump Inc. | 1 | 7 | 1,222 |
| 15 | Van DE Yacht Leo Well Drilling Inc. | 1 | 1 | 8,998 |
| 16 | Steffes, Daniel J | 1 | 1 | 1,151 |
| 17 | D & D Well & Pumps LLC | 1 | 1 | 556 |
| 18 | Municipal Well & Pump/Midwest Well | 1 | 1 | 70 |
| 19 | Lance M Gehring | 1 | 1 | 939 |
| 20 | Michael Hartman | — | 57 | 5,782 |
| 21 | Emanuel Burgarino | — | 45 | 611 |
| 22 | Groth Drilling Co. Inc. | — | 33 | 844 |
| 23 | Kenneth J Sweeney | — | 26 | 95 |
| 24 | Roschi Bros Well Drlg @ Pump Inc. | — | 24 | 1,140 |
| 25 | Layne Christensen Company | — | 24 | 222 |
| 26 | May L L Well Drilling Co. Inc. | — | 23 | 238 |
| 27 | Hartman Michael | — | 19 | 446 |
| 28 | Michael G Hartman | — | 16 | 1,407 |
| 29 | Patrick J Lahr | — | 16 | 1,066 |
| 30 | Richard L Danecki | — | 13 | 1,182 |
| 31 | Egofske Porter Drilling Inc. | — | 9 | 761 |
| 32 | Steve Hartman | — | 9 | 431 |
| 33 | Layne Northwest Company | — | 9 | 30 |
| 34 | Robert S Eddy | — | 8 | 161 |
| 35 | Layne Western Co. Inc. | — | 7 | 26 |
| 36 | Aqua Well & Pump Systems Inc. | — | 6 | 773 |
| 37 | Hyink Well Drilling Inc. | — | 5 | 2,521 |
| 38 | Karl I Stenerson | — | 5 | 1,361 |
| 39 | Laabs Well Drilling Inc. | — | 5 | 808 |
| 40 | Daryl Butch Gibour | — | 5 | 277 |
| 41 | Groth Howard H | — | 5 | 104 |
| 42 | Richard Berkholtz | — | 4 | 1,149 |
| 43 | Richard Morse | — | 4 | 408 |
| 44 | James H Groth | — | 4 | 124 |
| 45 | Municipal Well @ Pump Inc. | — | 4 | 68 |
| 46 | Howard H Groth | — | 4 | 65 |
| 47 | Sams Rotary Drillers Inc. | — | 3 | 12,103 |
| 48 | Gibour Well & Pump Serv Inc. | — | 3 | 561 |
| 49 | D & D Well Drilling Corp | — | 3 | 148 |
| 50 | Roschi Bros Welldrlg And Pump IN | — | 3 | 113 |
| 51 | Burgarino Emanuel | — | 3 | 62 |
| 52 | Daniel J Steffes | — | 2 | 4,646 |
| 53 | Todd Huemann | — | 2 | 3,658 |
| 54 | Berkholtz Richard | — | 2 | 182 |
| 55 | Butch Gibour | — | 2 | 109 |
| 56 | Gibour Daryl Butch | — | 2 | 73 |
| 57 | ED Kranz | — | 2 | 42 |
| 58 | Zielieke Well Drilling Inc. | — | 1 | 2,207 |
| 59 | Hoover Water Well Service Inc. | — | 1 | 1,414 |
| 60 | Leo Van DE Yacht | — | 1 | 799 |
| 61 | Hoover Well Drilling Co. Inc. | — | 1 | 610 |
| 62 | Edwin D Greenfield | — | 1 | 570 |
| 63 | Robert K Biersack | — | 1 | 435 |
| 64 | Lahr Well Drlg & Pump Serv Inc. | — | 1 | 276 |
| 65 | Stenerson Karl I | — | 1 | 260 |
| 66 | D And D Drilling Company Inc. | — | 1 | 207 |
| 67 | Artesian Well & Pump Co. | — | 1 | 118 |
| 68 | Danecki, Richard L | — | 1 | 113 |
| 69 | Kranz ED | — | 1 | 52 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Milwaukee County since 2016 (then all-time), from the full WI DNR
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 Milwaukee County?
Sweeney, Kenneth R has drilled the most Milwaukee County wells in the recent record — 42 since 2016, 42 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Milwaukee County?
69 companies in the WI DNR record have drilled wells in Milwaukee County; 15 of them have drilled somewhere in Wisconsin since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.
How deep is a typical well in Milwaukee County?
The median drilled depth in Milwaukee County is 204 ft, based on 24,981 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Milwaukee County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Milwaukee County wells page.
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