That used to be The Big 8 and people knew of them as The Big 8, even me. I think that The Big 4 is used now with a tinge of irony.
Arthur Andersen.
Coopers and Lybrand.
Deloitte Haskins and Sells.
Ernst and Whinney.
Peat Marwick Mitchell.
Price Waterhouse.
Touche Ross.
Arthur Young.