A laminate is prepared in which adjacent internal electrodes are electrically insulated from each other at an end surface at which the internal electrodes are exposed, a space between the adjacent internal electrodes, which is measured in the thickness direction of insulating layers, is about 10 μm or less when a withdrawn distance of the adjacent internal electrodes from the end surface is about 1 μm or less, and is about 20 μm or less when a protruding length of the adjacent internal electrodes from the end surface is at least about 0.1 μm. In an electroplating step, electroplating deposits deposited on the ends of the adjacent internal electrodes are grown so as to be connected to each other.