The team behind the data
A group of researchers, developers, and market analysts based in Río Cuarto, Córdoba, working to make home service pricing transparent for Argentine households.
Information that empowers consumers
Dalmadi was built on a straightforward premise: when you need a plumber at 10pm or a gas technician before winter, you're in a weak negotiating position. You don't know what's fair to pay, and providers know it.
Our mission is to close that information gap. By conducting periodic market surveys across Argentine provinces and publishing the results freely, we give households the context they need to evaluate any quote with confidence.
We don't quote. We don't recommend specific providers. We don't intermediate. We publish market data — and we do it for free, supported by providers who choose to advertise in our directory.
What guides our work
Transparency
We are clear about what we do and what we don't do. We publish market ranges — we do not quote, recommend, or intermediate. Our data sources and methodology are documented.
Data Integrity
Our price ranges come from systematic market surveys, not from single sources or estimates. We cross-reference data and flag when regional variation is significant.
Free Access
Consumer market data is always free. We believe access to price information is a basic consumer right, not a premium feature. Our business model reflects this commitment.
Local Relevance
Argentina's labor markets vary enormously by region. A plumber in Buenos Aires charges differently from one in Río Cuarto. Our data reflects this geographic reality.
How we collect price data
Our surveys follow a structured process designed to capture representative market pricing across different zones and service types.
Provider Surveys
We directly survey licensed service providers across multiple Argentine provinces, asking about their standard rates for common job types and scopes of work.
Consumer Reports
We collect reported prices from households who have recently used home services, cross-referencing these with provider-reported rates to identify the actual market range.
Regular Updates
Argentina's inflationary environment means prices change frequently. We update our data at least twice per year, and more often when market conditions shift significantly.
Geographic Segmentation
Data is organized by province and city tier. We distinguish between major urban centers, secondary cities, and smaller towns, as labor costs differ substantially.
Located in Río Cuarto, Córdoba
Our team operates from Río Cuarto, a city that gives us direct access to interior Argentina's service markets — a useful perspective beyond the Buenos Aires bubble.
Río Cuarto is Argentina's fifth-largest city and serves as a regional hub for southern Córdoba. Its service economy reflects patterns common across Argentina's interior provinces — different from Buenos Aires, but representative of where many Argentines actually live.
This perspective informs how we structure our data: with genuine attention to regional variation, not just adjustments to a Buenos Aires baseline.
