Exhibit 23.3


                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form
S-4) and related Prospectus of Corporate Express, Inc. for the registration of 
14,000,000 shares of its common stock of our report dated February 19, 1996, 
except Note 9 for which the date is May 13, 1996, with respect to the 
consolidated financial statements of ASAP Software Express, Inc. included in 
Corporate Express, Inc's Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated June 19, 1996 filed 
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

                                               /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Chicago, Illinois
July 8, 1996