Best well drillers in Portage County, Wisconsin

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 120 drilling companies with wells on record in Portage County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 7,495 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.

120companies on record

32active since 2022

7,495wells in county record

#	Company	In Portage Co. since 2016	All-time in county	Statewide
1	Bertram Junemann Well Drilling Inc.	467	1,147	4,104
2	Dj's Water Service	413	905	1,216
3	Culton Water Wells & Pump Services	79	85	153
4	Hintzke Well Drilling Inc.	65	113	4,365
5	Wells BY Welch - Bentley WD LLC	50	55	2,415
6	Drews Well Drilling Inc.	49	50	1,162
7	All American Well & Pump	45	108	890
8	Farago Plbg & Trenching Inc.	42	58	368
9	Haupt Well Drlg Inc.	22	118	1,723
10	Haupt Well & Pump Co. Inc.	20	413	2,807
11	Lang Well Drilling Co. Inc.	19	46	2,591
12	Roth Well Drilling	18	18	586
13	Chets Plbg & Htg Inc.	17	55	58
14	Terry Farago	15	126	635
15	Schafer R J & Sons Inc.	15	71	1,896
16	Sam's Well Drilling Inc.	14	49	21,895
17	Roberts Irrigation Co. Inc.	12	69	140
18	Soik R J Plbg & Htg Inc.	11	623	1,060
19	Heeg Well And Pump LLC	11	21	1,276
20	Rock Solid Well Drilling LLC	10	10	71
21	Timothy J Jenks	7	70	1,553
22	James Hornung JR	7	39	3,499
23	Vetter, William	7	7	86
24	Peter Laskowski	6	60	68
25	Roth Well Drillling	6	11	224
26	Loehrke, Neal D	6	6	44
27	Jenks, Timothy J	5	8	380
28	Van DE Yacht Leo Well Drilling Inc.	4	8	8,998
29	Ground Source Inc.	4	6	2,237
30	Hornung, James JR	4	4	532
31	Farago, Terry	3	10	46
32	Rhinelander Well Drilling Inc.	3	3	5,196
33	Kevin J Powell	2	7	73
34	William Vetter	2	6	39
35	Lang Roger D	2	3	147
36	Walker, Bruce A	2	2	635
37	Shawano Well Drilling Inc.	1	16	3,990
38	Eron&gee/Hermans Plbg & Htg Inc.	1	8	32
39	Luisier Well Drilling Inc.	1	1	12,107
40	Municipal Well & Pump/Midwest Well	1	1	70
41	Hornung JR, James	1	1	69
42	Hornung Well Drlg LLC	1	1	30
43	Edward J Gritzner	—	591	655
44	Donald J Firkus SR	—	383	502
45	Haupt Well @ Pump Co. Inc.	—	286	1,673
46	Robert Petrick	—	250	317
47	Soik R J Plbg @ Htg Inc.	—	237	410
48	Bertram Junemann Well Drilling I	—	217	955
49	Wgnhs/G. Kraft	—	138	138
50	Sylvester R Haupt	—	111	1,031
51	Chets Plbg @ Htg Inc.	—	66	69
52	Rick Brandl	—	62	280
53	Bertram Junemann WD Inc.	—	48	323
54	Leonard K Maves	—	45	47
55	John D Zouski	—	44	214
56	Maves Leonard K	—	44	44
57	Edward J Drews	—	43	2,070
58	Farago Plbg @ Trenching Inc.	—	41	256
59	Petrick Robert	—	40	49
60	Schafer R J @ Sons Inc.	—	38	1,034
61	Joe Farago	—	30	210
62	Brian Heeg	—	29	1,195
63	Michael Johnson	—	28	422
64	C & H Sprinklers & Landscaping	—	24	32
65	Alpha Drilling Service	—	23	26
66	Haupt	—	22	77
67	Stanley Johnson	—	19	155
68	Haupt Sylvester R	—	16	136
69	Heeg Well Drlg LLC	—	15	842
70	Larry L Jenks	—	14	465
71	Stay Green Sprinkler Sys	—	14	25
72	Neal D Loehrke	—	13	172
73	Michael O Johnson	—	12	175
74	John D Dillenburg	—	9	208
75	Sams Rotary Drillers Inc.	—	8	12,103
76	Farago Plumbing @ Trenching Inc.	—	8	47
77	Ethan A Welch	—	7	1,071
78	Michael J Jakubowski	—	7	296
79	Vetter Water Systems	—	6	39
80	Johnson Stanley	—	6	37
81	Roth Plbg & Well Drlg	—	5	164
82	Van DE Yacht Bill Wtr Well & Specia	—	4	3,200
83	Jesse W Brunner	—	4	2,585
84	Bruce A Walker	—	4	1,325
85	Heeg Brian	—	4	190
86	Richard L Umland	—	4	176
87	Johnson Michael	—	4	86
88	Joseph Farago	—	4	45
89	Farago Joe	—	4	44
90	Layne Western Co. Inc.	—	4	26
91	Brian M Patten	—	3	552
92	Welch Ethan A	—	3	176
93	Elmer L Kramer	—	3	26
94	Weslow Water Systems Inc.	—	2	1,714
95	Ronald A Komarek SR	—	2	4,389
96	Central Well Drilling LLC	—	2	2,757
97	Wayne W Salefsky	—	2	484
98	Quinnell's Quality Septics Inc.	—	2	148
99	Valley Well Drilling Inc.	—	2	65
100	Chell Well Drilling	—	1	1,111
101	Traut Mark J Wells Inc.	—	1	33
102	Koeppel Phil Well Drlg LLC	—	1	1,621
103	Rush Well Drilling LLC	—	1	689
104	Karl M Walker	—	1	499
105	Larry L Willmarth	—	1	452
106	Mercer Well Drilling LLC	—	1	388
107	Raymond J Ludwig	—	1	294
108	Lahr Well Drlg & Pump Serv Inc.	—	1	276
109	Dillenburg Daniel	—	1	276
110	Layne Christensen Company	—	1	222
111	Gerald L Cooper	—	1	151
112	C T W Corp	—	1	149
113	Roth Plumbing & Well Drilling	—	1	117
114	Daniel Dillenburg	—	1	77
115	Rudys Contracting Inc.	—	1	68
116	Jenks Larry L	—	1	58
117	Umland Richard L	—	1	46
118	Lyle C Sullivan	—	1	39
119	Sullivan Lyle C	—	1	31
120	Woolsey Plbg & Htg Inc.	—	1	29

Ranked by wells drilled in Portage 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 Portage County?

Bertram Junemann Well Drilling Inc. has drilled the most Portage County wells in the recent record — 467 since 2016, 1,147 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Portage County?

120 companies in the WI DNR record have drilled wells in Portage County; 32 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 Portage County?

The median drilled depth in Portage County is 78 ft, based on 12,123 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Portage County wells page.

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

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