Disclosed is a surface treating agent for a galvanized steel sheet that can provide a surface treated galvanized steel sheet, which has various excellent properties such as excellent corrosion resistance and corrosion resistance after alkali degreasing, particularly has a good balance among corrosion resistance, appearance, and grounding properties in a formed film, and also has well balanced excellent properties regarding anti-dew condensation properties and coatability (coating film adhesion). The surface treating agent for a galvanized steel sheet comprises zirconium ammonium carbonate (A), a compound (B), which contains in one molecule two or more functional groups (a) represented by -SiR1R2R3, in which the molecular weight per functional group (a) (average molecular weight/number of functional groups) is in the range of 100 to 5000, an organic phosphonic acid (C), a metal compound (D) containing at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Zr, Ti, Co, Fe, V, Ce, Mo, Mn, Mg, Al, Ni, Ca, W, Nb, Cr, and Zn, and water. The surface treating agent has a pH value of 6 to 11.