The invention discloses a steel band tape scale error measuring method, which comprises the steps of: step 1, arranging and fixing a verified tape and a standard tape on a verification platform horizontally; step 2, adopting a camera for photographing at a measuring point to obtain a steel band tape image; step 3, processing the steel band tape image to obtain a distance-to-pixel ratio of the standard tape; step 4, acquiring a standard tape target scale position W1 and a verified tape target scale position W2; step 5, and calculating scale error of the verified tape by utilizing the acquired standard tape target scale position W1, the verified tape target scale position W2 and the distance-to-pixel ratio, and judging whether scale error of the measuring point of the verified tape meets the requirement. The steel band tape scale error measuring method is simple in process, convenient to implement and low in cost, measures steel band tape scale error based on machine vision, realizes automatic measurement of steel band tape scale error, can increase measurement accuracy, and can improve the detection efficiency.