An object recognition apparatus 10 includes a candidate image extraction unit 12 that extracts a candidate image part 22, which is an image part of an object, from a pickup image 21 of a camera 2, and a candidate image determination unit 14 that determines the type of object of the candidate image part 22 in a determination area R′1 on the basis of whether or not a first predetermined number k or more of the candidate image parts 22, which have been extracted by the candidate image extraction unit 12, have been extracted in the determination area R′1, the width in the horizontal direction of which is a predetermined width or less, in the pickup image 21.