The work aims to review and analyze the present situation of bisphenol A detection at home and abroad, and summarize the development trend of bisphenol A detection technology to provide more references for bisphenol A detection. The existing bisphenol A detection methods, i.e. large-scale instrument coupling, electrochemical method, colorimetric method, Raman scattering method and their main detection mechanisms were described. The latest research results of bisphenol A detection at home and abroad were analyzed and summarized. The development trend in the future was pointed out from the aspects of the establishment of efficient and safe bisphenol A detection method, its applicability and accuracy. The establishment of bisphenol A detection methods had shown a trend of diversification and precision. The simplicity and rapidity of detection methods needed to be further improved. The characteristics of the existing detection methods are summarized to make a reasonable prediction of the future detection trend.