A side-by-side look at the UAE Company Registry and The Company Atlas MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose UAE Company Registry for legal work; choose The Company Atlas for legal over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Uae_search_companies, Uae_get_company.Trade_search_trades, Trade_company_trade_volume_by_year, Trade_hs_code_breakdown.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | U UAE Company Registry | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Legal | Legal |
| Quality signal | 47/100 · Fair | 48/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Not confirmed yet | Confirmed |
| Transport | — | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | OAuth 2.0 | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 2 | 8 |
| Full listing | View UAE Company Registry | View The Company Atlas |
Uae_search_companiesSearch the UAE business directory by name and/or filters. Filters are combined with AND logic; include at least one. Many establishments have no English name on file, so `q` is matched against both the English and Arabic names.Uae_get_companyFull profile of one establishment: contacts, activities, managers, expiry.Trade_search_tradesPaginated customs shipment search — filter by HS code, buyer, seller, ports, value, date range, and countryTrade_company_trade_volume_by_yearRank companies by declared trade value and line counts per calendar year, with optional HS and country filtersTrade_hs_code_breakdownFor one company, aggregate import and export value by HS code prefix (chapter, heading, or subheading)Trade_year_country_breakdownFor one company, aggregate trade value by year and counterparty countryTrade_partner_breakdownFor one company, aggregate trade value by year and matched counterparty companyCompany_searchSearch the global company registry by name or id, with optional country filterCompany_extended_searchAdvanced search with filters on industry, capital, incorporation date, address, and moreCompany_get_by_idFull company profile by primary key idPaste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
No confirmed install command for UAE Company Registry yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
{
"mcpServers": {
"the-company-atlas": {
"url": "https://thecompanyatlas.com/mcp"
}
}
}