The invention provides a steel ball number detecting machine, belonging to the field of detection equipment. The detecting machine comprises a worktable, a base, a laser sensor, an electrical control mechanism, a rotating mechanism, a feed mechanism and a sensing controller, wherein the feed mechanism is used for clamping or loosening the products with steel balls; the rotating mechanism is used for driving the laser sensor to rotate in 360 degrees; the laser sensor is used for detecting the positions of the steel balls; the sensing controller is used for setting the parameters indicating whether the steel balls are detected or not; and the electrical control mechanism is used for controlling the laser sensor, the rotating mechanism, the feed mechanism and the sensing controller to act. The detecting machine has the following beneficial effects: being used for detection, the detecting machine realizes large-scale and continuous automatic detection, has the advantages of convenient detection and high detection reliability, solves the problems which are ubiquitous in the prior art and are caused by visual fatigue or absent mind of the detectors, effectively avoids the possibility that the unqualified products flow to the next procedure and eliminates the potential risks of the automobiles therefrom.