What is “EPE”?
EPE stands for Εταιρία Περιορισμένης Ευθύνης (Greek), a private limited liability company used primarily in Greece. The suffix signals that the business has limited liability and is privately held.
Full meaning & translation
The full form is Εταιρία Περιορισμένης Ευθύνης, a Greek-language term. It translates literally as “Company with limited liability.” You may also encounter it abbreviated or written as eteria periorismenis euthinis, εταιρεία περιορισμένης ευθύνης.
Where it's used
EPE appears in company names registered in the following jurisdiction:
What it tells you about the company
Equivalent forms around the world
These are the closest structural equivalents to EPE in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “EPE” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme EPE” and “Acme” should resolve to the same entity. One API call strips it and returns a stable canonical form:
curl -X POST https://api.ambect.com/v1/normalize/company \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $AMBECT_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"name": "Acme EPE", "country": "gr"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme epe",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"epe"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does EPE stand for?
EPE stands for Εταιρία Περιορισμένης Ευθύνης (Greek), which translates as "Company with limited liability".
Is a EPE public or private?
A EPE is a private entity — its shares are not publicly listed or traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a EPE?
Owners of a EPE have limited liability. Their personal assets are protected, and their exposure is capped at the amount they invested.
Which countries use EPE?
EPE is used in Greece.
Is a EPE the same as a LLC?
Functionally comparable — both are private limited liability company forms — but they operate under different national laws with distinct formation, capital, and governance requirements.
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