Goss texture development in high permeability grain oriented electrical steel (HGO) and conventional grain oriented electrical steel ( GO) was compared through the analysis of the primary recrystallization texture. Texture and microstructure of the specimens were analyzed using Orientation Distribution Function (ODF) calculated from X-ray diffraction, optical microscopy and OIM (Orientation Imaging Microscopy). The ?-fiber texture component was transformed when grain oriented electrical steels was annealed primarily. However, the dominant texture along ?-fiber was developed differently in CGO and HGO, respectively. The {111}<110> texture was a dominant component in CGO, but {111}<112> component was dominant in HGO. The influence of the primary recrystallization texture on abnormal grain growth of Goss grains in grain oriented electrical steels was discussed based on the high-energy grain boundary theory.