First Choice Business Brokers East Tennessee
Business Brokerage · Updated October 2026
An office of First Choice Business Brokers
About First Choice Business Brokers East Tennessee
Russell Carriere runs First Choice Business Brokers East Tennessee as its broker. The office works from Cross Park Drive in Knoxville. Carriere has purchased, operated, and sold businesses for over 30 years. He brings that owner's perspective to both sides of a sale. Carriere treats privacy as an absolute requirement through the process. He also recognizes the emotional weight of what is often a person's largest transaction. The office operates as office 262 in the First Choice Business Brokers franchise network, independently owned and operated.
Who is a good fit for First Choice Business Brokers East Tennessee
- Owners in East Tennessee who want a broker who has sold his own businesses.
- Sellers who treat confidentiality as a requirement rather than a preference.
- Buyers looking at practice sales or dealership businesses in Tennessee.
- Owners in distribution, light manufacturing, or hospitality.
Service areas
Knoxville, TN
Brokers and advisors at First Choice Business Brokers East Tennessee
Businesses for sale from First Choice Business Brokers East Tennessee
No active listings right now.
Frequently Asked Questions
Russell Carriere serves as the broker. He has purchased, operated, and sold businesses for over 30 years across retail and wholesale distribution, light manufacturing and installation, and hospitality. He carries both of the office's live listings.
The office carries two live listings in Tennessee, including a medical practice sale and a dealership with real estate. Russell Carriere works with owners across East Tennessee. His own operating history spans distribution, light manufacturing, and hospitality.
Russell Carriere describes privacy as an absolute requirement during the process. The office lists a business without naming it publicly, then releases detail only after a buyer signs a non-disclosure agreement. On some listings the seller also requires proof of ability to purchase first.
Carriere notes that for most people a business sale is the largest transaction they will ever make. He understands the emotional side for both the seller and the buyer. He works to put the two together for a collaboration that reaches a common goal.
The office works from Knoxville, Tennessee, and serves the East Tennessee market. Its current listings sit in Tennessee. It runs as office 262 in the First Choice Business Brokers franchise network, independently owned and operated.