The invention discloses a preparation method of an alminoprofen intermediate, belongs to the field of organic chemical synthesis, and provides a new technical route for improving the defects of synthetic reaction of ethyl 2-(4-amino-phenyl)propionate: 1) taking p-fluoronitrobenzene and diethyl methylmalonate as raw materials, adding alkali, conducting heating, finishing the reaction, conducting cooling, conducting hydrolyzing with alkali, after the reaction is finished, conducting layering, conducting washing with water, extracting impurities, adjusting the pH value, extracting a product, and conducting concentrating to obtain AMLF02; 2) heating AMLF02 in a solvent to 55-75 DEG C, and dropwise adding thionyl chloride for esterification reaction, conducting cooling, adjusting the pH, directly adding a catalyst for reduction at the temperature of 70-80 DEG C, after the reaction is finished, conducting filtering with the aid of diatomite, neutralizing the filtrate to 7-8, conducting concentrating to remove ethanol, extracting a water phase with methylbenzene, and conducting concentrating to obtain AMLF04. The method has the beneficial effects that the problem of slow filtration is solved, extraction is omitted, time is saved, and cost is saved; direct layering is performed after reaction, the amount of hydrochloric acid is reduced, and the treatment difficulty of three wastes is reduced; and safe hydrazine hydrate replaces active nickel.