The invention relates to a vehicle seat (1), preferably for a utility vehicle, comprising a seat part (2) and a backrest part (3). The backrest part has a left portion (3L) and a right portion (3R) when viewed in the seating direction of an occupant of the vehicle seat, and a first recess (7) is arranged on the left portion so as to extend to a first distance and a second recess (10) is arranged on the right portion so as to extend to a second distance starting from an upper end (4) of the backrest part in a vertical direction of the backrest part. The first and the second recess are mutually spaced and are continuous from a front border surface to a rear border surface of the backrest part, and the first distance has a greater value than the second distance.