HR Terminology The Big Three

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What does The Big Three mean?

The big three can be said to be a common term in reference to the countless profitable, prominent, controversial or net worthy organisations in a given department or industry.


  • In The Big Three credit rating agencies, there are 3. These are Moody’s, Fitch Group, and Standard & Poors.
  • The 3 management consultancies of The Big Three are Bain & Company, Boston Consulting Group and Mckinsey.
  • The 3 automobile manufacturers for The Big Three in the United States and Canada are Ford and Chrysler, General Motors and in Japan, it is Toyota, Nissan and Honda.

The term The Big Three can be used to compare other monikers to give details of powerful entails in a given sphere, like the Big One and the Big Four, the last-mentioned of which is normally used in reference to the world’s largest professional services firms.

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