The objective of the present invention is to obtain a non-woven fabric for an absorbent article, said fabric making it possible to obtain a soft feel in contact with the skin and making it possible to ensure this soft feel stably. The invention is configured to be provided, in a groove bottom portion (6) of a groove portion (5) provided in the space between adjacent protrusions (4), (4), with a plurality of recesses (7) having a bottom portion (9) that is deeper than the groove bottom portion (6) and being provided non-contiguously relative to a first direction (X), wherein at least a portion of the peripheral surfaces of the recesses (7) is provided with a hole portion (11) that communicates with a second surface (3) side, the hole portion (11) has a peripheral edge portion (12) that is formed without melting a thermoplastic resin fiber, the bottom portion (9) of the recesses (7) has a higher fiber density than the protrusions (4), and at least the second surface (3) side is formed in a planar shape.本發明之目的在於，為了獲得可在接觸肌膚時得到柔軟的觸感並且可安定地確保該柔軟的觸感之吸收性物品用的不織布。亦即，本發明之吸收性物品用不織布係構成為：在設置於相鄰之凸部(4),(4)之間的空間之溝槽部(5)的溝槽底部(6)，係具有比溝槽底部(6)更深的底部(9)，且具備有在第1方向(X)上不連續設置的複數個凹部(7)，凹部(7)之周面的至少一部分係具備有通到第2面(3)側的孔部(11)，孔部(11)係具有不需將熱塑性樹脂纖維熔化即可形成的周緣部(12)，凹部(7)的底部(9)，係具有比凸部(4)更高的纖維密度且至少第2面(3)側形成為面狀。
