Method of manufacturing inductor

A method of manufacturing an inductor, the method comprising:

• a lamination step of forming a laminate having a plurality of chips each including a coil body enclosed in an insulating layer and a pair of external electrodes that are connected to opposed ends of the coil body, the external electrodes being exposed from an insulating layer;
• a division step of dividing the laminate formed in the lamination step into chips;
• and
• a firing step of firing each chip formed in the division step;
• wherein
• the lamination step includes:
• a first process of forming, using a conductive paste, a conductor pattern for the coil body on the insulating layer and an external electrode pattern for the external electrodes in a side portion of the insulating layer by one of a printing process and a photolithography process;
• and
• a second process of forming, using an insulating paste, an insulating layer having a viahole enabling the conductor pattern to be inspected therethrough and a cutout portion that is continuous with the external electrode pattern on the conductor pattern and the external electrode pattern by one of a printing process and a photolithography process;
• and
• repeating the first and second processes to form the plurality of chips each including the coil body formed of the conductor pattern and the viahole, and a pair of external electrodes formed of the external electrode pattern and a conductor filled in the cutout portion.