Wholesale trade businesses and retail trade businesses are businesses that carry out their activities differently from each other and face different risks. Both types of businesses have their own characteristics in terms of financial failure risk due to factors such as their costs, stock structures and customer volume. The aim of the study is to examine the financial failure risks of businesses in the wholesale and retail trade sectors in Borsa Istanbul by using Altman and Springate models. In this direction, Altman Z score and Springate S score values were calculated using fiveyear data covering the 2018 and 2022 periods of wholesale trade and retail trade businesses, and the findings were analyzed comparatively. In the evaluation of the findings obtained in the study, it was aimed both to analyze the risks of the sectors and to determine the compatibility of the findings of the models in the same companies and sectors. According to the findings obtained, it was seen that the financial failure risk of retail businesses is higher according to the Altman Z score model, and the financial failure risk of wholesale trade sector businesses is relatively higher, although there is no big difference between them according to the Springate S score model. When the financial failure prediction models used in the study are considered for the same sectors and the same companies, it is seen that the findings of the enterprises in the wholesale trade sector give close results for the sector and companies in both models. In line with the results obtained for the retail trade sector businesses, it was seen that the Altman Z score model obtained more sensitive results in calculating the risk of financial failure, and the businesses that did not have the risk of financial failure according to the Springate S score model were evaluated as risky in terms of the Altman Z score model.