To provide a binding apparatus which prevents a wire from being scratched during conveyance of wire coils, prevents the wire coil from deforming during the conveyance, prevents the wire from flawing due to a band, and reduces a packing volume to decrease a conveyance cost.

The vertical wire coil binding apparatus for binding wire coils with their axial lines kept vertical comprises a coil receive base 2 on which a wire coil 3 is mounted, a compression unit 4 for compressing the wire coil 3 in the axial direction 9 of the coil 3, a binding unit 26 having upper and lower band path units 27 and 28 and a binding head 29 for binding the wire coils 3, and a vibration motor 13 having a coil holding unit 22 for preventing the coil 3 from radially deforming for applying a vibration in a plurality of directions of the wire coil 3.