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 underwent significant transformation from an agricultural community before World War II to an industrialized town afterwards. From 1950 onwards, it experienced rapid growth in the northwest and southeast regions. The Balingen district was subsequently dissolved, and Grosselfingen became part of a new administrative region, Zollernalbkreis.