The invention relates to a method for preparing halogenated (hetero) aromatic hydrocarbons. The halogenated (hetero) aromatic hydrocarbons are prepared from cheap and easily available perfluorobutyl iodide, carbon tetrabromide and carbon tetrachloride as iodinated, brominated and chlorinated reagents respectively under the action of alkali catalysis (promotion). The method comprises the following steps: firstly, (hetero) aromatic hydrocarbons, a halogenated reagent and an inorganic base are placed in an organic solvent, stirred at room temperature and monitored with TLC until a substrate disappears, and the reaction is stopped; then, a reaction mixed solution is poured into water and extracted, an organic phase is dried, and the organic solvent is removed under reduced pressure; finally, silica-gel column chromatography is performed on a crude product, and a product is obtained. Purification can also be performed by recrystallization. The method has the advantages that the synthetic route is wide in substrate range, raw materials and reagents are cheap and easily available, operation is simple, conditions are mild, yield is high, energy consumption is reduced, the reaction route is safe, gram-grade preparation can be performed and the like.