A processing apparatus includes a chuck table, a processing unit configured to process a workpiece held on the chuck table, a height measuring unit fitted to the processing unit, the height measuring unit measuring, as height data, heights at a plurality of coordinates of the holding surface measured while a moving unit is moved, a reading unit capable of reading an information medium, and a control unit. The chuck table includes an information medium on which identifying information distinguishing the chuck table is recorded. The control unit includes a height data recording section configured to record the height data and the identifying information in association with each other, and a processing control section configured to control a height of the processing unit during processing on the basis of the height data associated with the identifying information read by the reading unit.