big five (disambiguation)

Big five can mean:

Big 5 Sporting Goods,
Big Five (Hawaii), an oligarchy of five corporations that ruled over Hawaii
Big5, a character encoding method of unknown origin for Traditional Chinese characters
Big Five can also refer to the five biggest commercial banks in Canada: Royal Bank of Canada, CIBC, Toronto-Dominion Bank, Bank of Montreal and Bank of Nova Scotia. See also Big Five banks and Big Six banks.
The Philadelphia Big 5, an association of college athletic programs in Philadelphia, formed by the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University, St. Joseph's University, Villanova University, and La Salle University.
Big Five can refer to the five major media giants which dominate the global music market: Universal Music Group, Sony, EMI, Warner Brothers and BMG. Since the merger of Sony and BMG, these are now the Big Four.
Big Five is a colloquial term for the members of the defacto Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China pre-1956.
Big Five (African Wildlife), a term coined by the hunting fraternity in Africa to refer to the five most dangerous animals to hunt i.e. Rhinoceros, Leopard, Cape Buffalo, Elephant and Lion.
The big five personality constructs (Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, and Emotional Stability)
Big Five (orchestras), the traditional top five orchestras in America.