Grosselfingen, which was agrarian before World War II, industrialized after the war. Beginning in 1950, it grew to the north-west and south-east. The district of Balingen was dissolved by the  and Grosselfingen was assigned to a new district, Zollernalbkreis.
Grosselfingen's transformation from a rural to an industrialized town occurred after World War II. From 1950 onwards, it experienced significant growth in the northwest and southeast regions. The Balingen district was subsequently abolished, and Grosselfingen became part of a new administrative region, Zollernalbkreis.