Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus for single-wire bead provided with a winding device winding a wire onto a drum to form a formed bead, a thread winding device winding a thread to both ends of the wire on approximately same position in a circumferencial direction of the formed bead to form an intermediate bead, an apex fitting device fitting an apex to the intermediate bead to form a finished bead, and having a transfering device reciprocating between a first position and a second position. On the first position, the formed bead is taken out of the winding device and the intermediate bead is taken out of the thread winding device. And, on the second position, the formed bead is transferred to the thread winding device and the intermediate bead is transferred to the apex fitting device.