A light emitting device including; a base body having a base material that includes a first main face that has a lengthwise direction and a short-side direction that is perpendicular to the lengthwise direction, a second main face on the opposite side from the first main face, a first end face that extends in the lengthwise direction, and a second end face that extends in the short-side direction, and connection terminals that are provided on the first main face of the base material; and a light emitting element that is installed on the first main face and is connected to the connection terminals, the first end face of the base material has a recess that is contiguous with the first main face and the second end face and/or is contiguous with the second main face and the second end face, a length of the recess in a lengthwise direction is greater than a depth in a short-side direction, and the connection terminals are provided extending over the recess.