A fixing device having at least a cylindrical base material, an elastic layer disposed on the base material, and a surface layer disposed on the elastic layer is provided. The cylindrical base material has a variation in thickness within about .+-.10% when the cylindrical base material is in an endless belt shape having flexibility, or within a variation in outer diameter within about .+-.0.5% when the cylindrical base material is in a circular cylinder tube shape having rigidity. The elastic layer has a variation in thickness within about .+-.5%. The surface layer has a variation, along the circumferential direction of the base material, in thickness of the surface within about .+-.5% and with a surface elongation percentage which increases from a center portion toward both end portions in the widthwise direction of the base material. A fixing apparatus and an image forming apparatus having the fixing device are also provided.