A pressing apparatus 1 includes a storage 27 that stores a plurality of actual data which are load data which was actually measured and which are configured of a first information and a second information, and a plurality of reference data which is a reference for the load data, an adjustor 23 that expands and contracts the first information of at least one of an actual data pattern which is based on the plurality of the actual data stored in the storage 27 and an reference data pattern based on the plurality of the reference data stored in the storage 27 to correspond with each other, and a determiner 24 that determines appropriateness of a load applied to the ram 9 in a pressing operation based on a similarity of the actual data pattern adjusted by the adjustor 23 and the reference data pattern adjusted by the adjustor 23.