To provide a coating composition for electroless plating, which is capable of more simply and efficiently forming a coating film for electroless plating than a conventional method, and which demonstrates less adverse effect to the environment and high safety, and which is for forming the electroless plating film having no unevenness and excellent in adhesiveness and appearance film, and to provide the coating film of the coating composition for electroless plating.

The coating composition for electroless plating contains (1) 4-alkyl-3-carboxylic acid ester polypyrrole, (2) palladium colloid, and (3) organic solvent.