EXHIBIT 23.3


                 [LETTERHEAD OF HORNE CPA GROUP APPEARS HERE]


                                           September 26, 1996


Corporate Express
c/o Mr. Keith Miller
325 Interlocken Parkway
Broomfield, Colorado 80021

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Form S-4 registration
statement of Corporate Express, Inc. of our report dated February 21, 1996 on
our audit of the financial statements of Forms and Supplies, Inc. as of December
31, 1995 and for the year ended December 31, 1995.

                                           HORNE CPA GROUP
                                           
                                           /s/ Avril K. Stanford
                                           Avril K. Stanford 
                                           Shareholder

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