PURPOSE: To reduce the number of indicators, reduce cost, and decrease its installation space in a shelf indicating device for a shelf where an indicator to indicate delivery or housing of cargoes is installed on the front edge parts of respective cargo loading frames of plural number of vertically arranged cargo receiving units.

CONSTITUTION: There is provided an indicating means 10 (H) to indicate that to which information, the indicating information of an indicator 7 corresponds, among information on upper/lower mutually adjacent cargo receiving units, and switching operation to its upper/lower indications can be carried out freely.