The invention discloses a preparation method of 
phloroglucinol, which comprises the following steps: dissolving 
resorcinol in reaction 
solvent, then adding an N-
bromosuccinimide solution, heating to perform bromination reaction, and then treating to obtain 4-bromoresorcinol; adding the obtained 4-bromoresorcinol into a container, adding reaction 
solvent, strong alkali and a catalyst, heating to perform 
hydrolysis reaction, and then treating to obtain a 
phloroglucinol salt solution; and adding 
hydrochloric acid into the 
phloroglucinol salt solution to regulate the pH value and precipitate 
solid, filtering to obtain the 
solid phloroglucinol crude product, and finally purifying to obtain the phloroglucinol product. According to the preparation method, the low-price accessible 
resorcinol is used as the 
raw material and is subjected to bromination, strong alkali 
hydrolysis and acidification, thus preparing the phloroglucinol. According to the invention, the reaction time is shortened, the production cost is lowered, and remarkable 
economic benefits are achieved. By preparing the phloroglucinol through the preparation method, the yield is up to 70% or above, and the purity of the prepared product is up to 99.9% or above.